Balances
9 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
An Abomination
- Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 20:23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
False Balance Used
- Hosea 12:7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Amos 8:5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Micah 6:11 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
Money Weighed With
- Isaiah 46:6 They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
- Jeremiah 32:10 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
Must be Just
- Leviticus 19:36 You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Proverbs 16:11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Related topics
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.