34 Bible Verses about balance

Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;
all the weights in the bag are His concern.

Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is His delight.

You are to have honest balances, honest weights, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?

“You must have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.

Differing weights are detestable to the Lord,
and dishonest scales are unfair.

A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.

“You must not have two different weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;
He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand.

let God weigh me in accurate scales,
and He will recognize my integrity.

Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread night and day, never certain of survival.

I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales.

Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by Him.

Can I excuse wicked scales
or bags of deceptive weights?

asking, “When will the New Moon be over
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.

Carefully consider the path for your feet,
and all your ways will be established.

“Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

he may calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man he sold it to, and return to his property.

when He set a limit for the sea
so that the waters would not violate His command,
when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.

Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.

When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,

Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.

If only my grief could be weighed
and my devastation placed with it in the scales.