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Pr.11.1
11:1 Here, honest practices are applied to the business world (see also 16:11; 20:10, 23; Lev 19:35-37; Deut 25:13-15; Ezek 45:10; Hos 12:7-8; Mic 6:11). • Scales were often made of two metal bowls suspended from a crossbar. The unit of currency, the shekel, comes from the verb meaning “to weigh” (see Amos 8:5-6).
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Pr.11.10
11:10 Our actions, whether godly or wicked, affect the whole city (cp. Eccl 8:9-13).
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Pr.11.13
11:13 This perspective on a gossip is repeated in 20:19.
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Pr.11.14
11:14 The future of an entire nation depends on wisdom.
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