34 Bible Verses about balance
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A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
A false balance and dishonest business practices are extremely offensive to the Lord,
But an accurate scale is His delight.
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.
‘tekel’—you have been weighed on the scales [of righteousness] and found deficient;
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?
“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].
Differing weights are detestable and offensive to the Lord,
And fraudulent scales are not good.
A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.
“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].
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.
“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,
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).
Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.
Your life will hang in doubt before you; night and day you will be filled with anxiety and have no assurance of living.
I signed the deed and sealed it, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the money on the scales.
“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).
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,
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.
Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be steadfast and sure.
“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].
For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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.
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—
So teach us to number our days,
That we may cultivate and bring to You a heart of wisdom.
“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.
“When He gave weight and pressure to the wind
And allotted the waters by measure,
“It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir,
In the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire.
“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 3:1-8There 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, For Business
Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and [honest] scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights of the bag are His concern [established by His eternal principles].
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]!
Related Topics
- Abominations, To God
- Accuracy
- Bags
- Balance In Life
- Balances, Dishonest Use
- Balances, For Business
- Balances, Metaphorical Use
- Being Fair
- Business Ethics
- Buying and selling
- Cheating