Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin - into the balances, they would lift up all at once!
Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness, - and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree, - In the balances, they go up, They, are made of vanity, altogether.
Who hath measured, with the hollow of his hand, the waters. Or the heavens with a span, hath meted out, Or hath comprehended, in a measure, the dust of the earth, Or weighed, in scales, the mountains, Or the hills, in a balance?
T'kel, - thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting;
And, when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature, saying - Go! And I saw, and lo! a black horse, and he that was sitting thereon holding a pair of balances in his hand.
Balances » Used for weighing
Thou therefore son of man Take thee a sharp cuting instrument, a barbers razor, shalt thou take thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy chin, - and shalt take the balances for weighing, and shalt divide the hair.
Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness, - and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
Who hath measured, with the hollow of his hand, the waters. Or the heavens with a span, hath meted out, Or hath comprehended, in a measure, the dust of the earth, Or weighed, in scales, the mountains, Or the hills, in a balance?
Lo! nations, Are us a drop on a bucket, And as fine dust on a balance, are accounted, - Lo! islands, like an atom, can he hoist;
Balances » False balance used
A trafficker! in his hand, are balances of deceit, to oppress, he loveth.
Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights:
Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights?
Balances » Money weighed with
They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver in a balance, - Who hire a goldsmith that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down;
and I wrote in the scroll and sealed it, and took in attestation witnesses, - and weighed the silver in the balances.
Balances » Must be just
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin, shall ye have, - I - Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.
The balance and scales of justice, belong to Yahweh, and, his handiwork, are all the weights of the bag.
Balances » An abomination
A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.
An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
Related Topics
- Abominations, To God
- Accuracy
- Balance In Life
- Balances, Dishonest Use
- Balances, For Business
- Balances, Metaphorical Use
- Business Ethics
- Buying and selling
- Cheating
- Covenant breakers
- Deception, Forbidden By God
- Dishonesty