OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 16:11

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Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

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Verse 11. Bag. Many read sæculi, “of the world.” So Ven. Bede, and so forth All God’s appointments are perfectly just. Calmet. 11:21. It was the custom for people to carry balances to weigh money, before it was coined. Calmet.

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