Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
and my devastation
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand.
Balances » Used for weighing
“Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
Verse Concepts
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;
He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
Balances » False balance used
with dishonest scales in his hands.
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.
or bags of deceptive weights?
Balances » Money weighed with
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales.
Verse Concepts
Balances » Must be just
You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Verse Concepts
all the weights in the bag
Balances » An abomination
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