34 Bible Verses about balance

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Leviticus 19:36

You shall have just and accurate balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Daniel 5:27

tekel’—you have been weighed on the scales [of righteousness] and found deficient;

Isaiah 40:12


Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,
And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],
And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?

Ezekiel 45:10

“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].

Deuteronomy 25:13

“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].

Isaiah 40:15


In fact, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;
Now look, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Job 37:16


“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

Revelation 6:5

When He (the Lamb) broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse [of famine]; and the rider had in his hand a pair of scales (a balance).

Job 31:6


Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.

Deuteronomy 28:66

Your life will hang in doubt before you; night and day you will be filled with anxiety and have no assurance of living.

Jeremiah 32:10

I signed the deed and sealed it, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales.

1 Samuel 2:3


“Do not go on boasting so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And by Him actions are weighed (examined).

Amos 8:5

saying,

“When will the New Moon [festival] be over
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,

Psalm 62:9


Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.

Ezekiel 5:1

“And you [Ezekiel], son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor and shave your head and your beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair [into three parts].

Leviticus 25:27

then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his [ancestral] property.

Proverbs 8:29


When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the waters would not transgress [the boundaries set by] His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth—

Isaiah 46:6


“Those who lavish gold from the bag
And weigh out silver on the scales
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.

Job 28:25


“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,

Job 28:16


“It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir,
In the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.

Job 6:2


“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

Topics on Balance

Balance In Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

Balances, Dishonest Use

Leviticus 19:35-36

‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.

Balances, Metaphorical Use

Job 6:2


“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

Divine Balances

Job 31:6


Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.

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