Proverbs 16:11 Commentary: Rashi

פֶּ֤לֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭שְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָ֑ה מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּ כָּל־אַבְנֵי־כִֽיס׃

A just balance and scales are the LORD’S; All the weights of the bag are His work.

Rashi on Proverbs

The balance and scales of justice are the Lord’s etc. to requite a person according to his deed. משפט is (justice in French, in German Gerechtigkeit, and so in Isaiah 7,) the retribution for a person’s sins with a balance and scales.
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Rashi on Proverbs

all the weights in the bag Just as among the weights in the bag, there are large weights and small ones, so is everything according to a person’s deeds.
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