Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
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Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
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TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
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And when it opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come and see. And I saw: and behold, a black horse, and he that sat upon it having a balance in his hand.
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Balances » Used for weighing
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife; a barber's razor shalt thou take; and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
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(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
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Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?
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Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.
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Balances » False balance used
He is a merchant, 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 corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
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Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
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Balances » Money weighed with
They 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 writing, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed 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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The 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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Divers weights are an abomination unto 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