Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale!
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let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.
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Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
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"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
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TEKEL: You've been weighed on the scales and you don't measure up.
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When the lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Go!" I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a scale in his hand.
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Balances » Used for weighing
"Now as for you, Son of Man, you are to go find a sharp sword and use it like a barber's razor. You are to cut your hair and beard. Then you are to take a weighing scale and divide your shaved hair into three parts.
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let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity.
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"Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
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"Look! The nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the scales. Look! He even lifts up the islands like powder!
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Balances » False balance used
"Now as for the merchant, deceitful balances remain in his hand, and he loves to defraud.
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and who are saying, "When will the New Moon fade so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath conclude so we may market winnowed wheat? shortchanging the measure, raising the price, falsifying the scales by treachery,
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Will I tolerate those who maintain deceptive standards and who use deceitful weights in their business?
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Balances » Money weighed with
Those who pour out gold in a purse, weigh silver in a balance, hire a goldsmith in order to make a god, and then they bow down and even worship it.
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I signed the deed and sealed it. I called in witnesses and used scales to weigh out the silver.
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Balances » Must be just
You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; he made all the weights in the bag.
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Balances » An abomination
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
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The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are 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