Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: if laid on the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out heaven with the span, and known 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; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
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And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on it had a pair of balances in his hand.
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Balances » Used for weighing
And you, son of man, take a sharp knife, take a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard: then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.
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Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out heaven with the span, and known 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 counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takes up the isles as fine dust.
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Balances » False balance used
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves 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 falsifying the balances by deceit?
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Shall I count those pure with the wicked 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, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
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And I signed the deed, and sealed it, and took 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 you have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights in the bag are his work.
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Balances » An abomination
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; 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