Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
Oh that my grief were but weighed, and my ruin laid in the balances together!
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let me be weighed in an even balance so that God may know my uprightness.
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Surely the sons of men are vanity; the sons of men are a lie; they go up in the scales; they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out the heavens with a span? And who has shut up the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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A SHEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and 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 looked, and lo, a black horse. And he sitting on it had a balance in his hand.
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Balances » Used for weighing
And you, son of man, take a sharp sword to yourself, take a barber's razor also, and cause it to pass on your head and on your beard. Then take scales to weigh, and divide the hair.
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let me be weighed in an even balance so that God may know my uprightness.
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Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out the heavens with a span? And who has shut up 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 like a drop in a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the scales; behold, He takes up the coastlands as a very little thing.
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Balances » False balance used
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
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saying, When will the new moon be gone so that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and perverting the balances by deceit;
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Shall I count those with the wicked scales pure, and those with the bag of deceitful weights?
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Balances » Money weighed with
They pour gold out of the bag, and weigh silver out of the measuring rod, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god; they fall down, yea, they bow down.
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And I wrote it in the document, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed the silver in the scales.
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Balances » Must be just
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.
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Balances » An abomination
False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.
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Different kinds of weights are hateful 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