Thematic Bible: Balances


Thematic Bible



If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBalances, Metaphorical Usebalance

let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless. Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesWeighingPlea Of InnocenceWeighing The Immaterialbalanceweight

Common people are only a vapor in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a vapor in the wind. Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale? Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesWeighingShortagesWeighing The Immaterialbalanceweight

When he opened the third seal I heard the third beast say: Come! I saw a black horse; and he who sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesBlackWeighingThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodBlack AnimalsThird PersonRight Measuresbalance

As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword. Take and use it as a barber's razor to shave your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsArts And Crafts, Types ofRazorsWeighingCutting HairDividing Into Three ThingsHairbalance

let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless. Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesWeighingPlea Of InnocenceWeighing The Immaterialbalanceweight

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale? Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

Truly the nations are like a drop in a bucket! They are regarded as dust on the scales! He weighs the islands as though they were fine dust. Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfBalances, Metaphorical UseBucketsA Little Bitbalancedust


You say: 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 dealing falsely with balances of deceit. Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing


Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it. Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPursesGoldHiringMetalworkersSkillGoldsmithsWeighingBowing To False GodsAmassing SilverGold TransferredNature Of Idolatrybalance

I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. Verse ConceptsBalances, For BusinessWeighingSignaturesWitnessingbalanceweight

Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt. Verse ConceptsBalances, For BusinessTrustworthinessBusiness EthicsJust WeightsWeighingThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRight Measuresbalanceweight