Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,
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let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.
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Only a vapor [are] men of low degree, a deception [are] men of high degree. {Weighed} in a balance, together they [are lighter] than a vapor.
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Who has measured [the] waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off [the] heavens with span, comprehended the dust of the earth in third of a measure and weighed out [the] mountains in the scales, and [the] hills in a balance?
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" 'Tekel'--you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.
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And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one seated on it had a balance scale in his hand.
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Balances » Used for weighing
"And you, son of man, take for yourself a sword, sharp [as] {a barber's razor}. Take it for yourself, and you must cause [it] to pass over your head and over your beard, and you must take for yourself a set of scales for weighing, and you must divide them.
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let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.
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Who has measured [the] waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off [the] heavens with span, comprehended the dust of the earth in third of a measure and weighed out [the] mountains in the scales, and [the] hills in a balance?
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Look! [The] nations [are] like a drop from a bucket, and they are counted like dust of [the] balances! Look! He weighs [the] islands like a thin covering.
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Balances » False balance used
[The] trader, in his hand [are] scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.
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saying, "When will the new moon be over, so that we can sell grain? And the Sabbath, so that we can open the grain bins, that we can make [the] ephah small and make [the] shekel large, and can practice deceit [with] a set of scales of deceit?
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Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
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Balances » Money weighed with
Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.
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And I signed on the letter and sealed [it], and I called witnesses as witness, and I weighed out the money on a set of scales.
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Balances » Must be just
You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin; I [am] Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
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A balance and scales of justice [belong] to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
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Balances » An abomination
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.
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An abomination of Yahweh [is] {a stone and a weight}, and scales of falsehood 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