38 Bible Verses about measurement
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But unto each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
You must have a full and just weight. You should have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.
Give and it shall be given to you. You will receive a good measure. It will be pressed down, shaken together, running over and they will give it to you. For with the measure that you measure out it will be measured to you also.
He measured the wall, two hundred feet, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
This is what Jehovah says: 'If the heavens could be measured or the foundations of the earth could be searched, I would reject all of Israel's descendants because of everything that they have done,' declares Jehovah.
Then he said: Be careful what you listen to. That which is portioned out by you might be portioned to you and more.
The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a red chalk marker. He roughs it out with chisels and marks it with a compass. He shapes it in the form of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.
The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.
I lifted up my eyes and saw, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Then I asked: Where are you going? He said to me: To measure Jerusalem, to see the width and the length of it.
I say through the grace given to me that every man among you should not think more highly of himself than he ought to think. But to think soberly, just as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
These are the measurements of the altar, using royal measurements. The royal measuring stick was twenty-one inches long. The base of the altar was twenty-one inches high and twenty-one inches wide. All around the edge of the altar was a rim measuring nine inches wide. This was the height of the altar:
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be four hundred and fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves. But they measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves. They are without understanding.
But we will not boast beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province that God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even to you.
And the city lies foursquare. The length is as large as the width. He measured the city with the reed, fourteen hundred miles. The length and the width and the height of it are equal.
We have gifts that differ according to the grace that is given to us. Whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
And may you know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge. May you be filled with all the fullness of God.
The man measured the Temple. It was one hundred and seventy-five feet long. This included the open area with the building and its walls. All together it was one hundred and seventy-five feet long.
He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my knees. He measured off another fifteen hundred feet and led me through the water. The water came up to my waist.
For if these things are yours and abound in you they will keep you from being inactive or unfruitful regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. God does not give the spirit by measure.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?
This is how Solomon laid the foundation to build God's Temple. It was ninety feet long and thirty feet wide. (They used the old standard measurement.)
There was given me a reed like a measuring rod: and the angel stood, saying: Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship there.
We did not boast beyond our assignment in other men's labors. Having hope that, as your faith grows, we shall be made great among you according to our territory for further abundance.
A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.
He who talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates and the wall.
He also measured the entrance hall. It was thirty-five feet wide. In front of the entrance hall to the gateway was a courtyard on all sides.
You will also have a limited amount of water to drink, two cups a day.
Do not be too angry, Jehovah. Do not remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people.
From Thematic Bible
Bath » Measurement » Liquids » 8 gallons and three quartz
A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine, and two quarts of seed will produce only four quarts of grain.
The sides of the tank were three inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward like the petals of a lily. The tank held about ten thousand gallons.
Huram made ten basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet in diameter and held two hundred gallons.
Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of grain, a hundred measures of wine, and a hundred measures of oil, and salt without measure.
You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures. The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.