Thematic Bible: Balances
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.
Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?
Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, 'Come and behold!' and I saw, and lo, a black horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a balance in his hand,
Balances » Used for weighing
And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber's razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused it to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.
He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?
Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.
Balances » False balance used
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.
Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?
Balances » Money weighed with
-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.
And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;
Balances » Must be just
righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
A just beam and balances are Jehovah's, His work are all the stones of the bag.
Balances » An abomination
Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.
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