Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
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(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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And when he opened the first seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand.
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Balances » Used for weighing
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; as a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
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(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
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Balances » False balance used
He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
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Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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Balances » Money weighed with
Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
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And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
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Balances » Must be just
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
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Balances » An abomination
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
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Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
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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