34 Bible Verses about balance

A just balance and scales belong to the Lord;
All the weights of the bag are His concern.

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight.

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

‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

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

“You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And a false scale is not good.

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.

“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

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

“Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds,
The wonders of one perfect in knowledge,

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

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

So your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you will be in dread night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.

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

“Boast no more so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And with Him actions are weighed.

“Can I justify wicked scales
And a bag of deceptive weights?

saying,
“When will the new moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to cheat with dishonest scales,

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

Watch the path of your feet
And all your ways will be established.

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized 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 property.

When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

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

“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,

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

“Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!