Measures
18 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
12 sections
- (Correcting in Measure) of Mitigated Afflictions
- (Drinking Tears in Great Measure) of Severe Afflictions
- (Drinking Water, by Measure) of Severe Famine
- (Measuring the Dust of the Earth) of God's Greatness
- (Opening the Mouth Without Measure) the Insatiableness
- (The Measure of Our Days) the Shortness of Life
- (The Measure of the Stature of Christ) Perfection
- (Weighing the Waters in a Measure) God's Infinite
- Distances Measured by Rods and Lines
- The Jews not to be Unjust In
- The Jews often Used Unjust
- Unjust, an Abomination to God
(Correcting in Measure) of Mitigated Afflictions
- Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you …
(Drinking Tears in Great Measure) of Severe Afflictions
- Psalm 80:5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
(Drinking Water, by Measure) of Severe Famine
- Ezekiel 4:11 You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
- Ezekiel 4:16 Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
(Measuring the Dust of the Earth) of God's Greatness
- Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
(Opening the Mouth Without Measure) the Insatiableness
- Isaiah 5:14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
(The Measure of Our Days) the Shortness of Life
- Psalm 39:4 “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
(The Measure of the Stature of Christ) Perfection
- Ephesians 4:13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
(Weighing the Waters in a Measure) God's Infinite
Distances Measured by Rods and Lines
- 2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became …
- Jeremiah 31:39 The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
- Ezekiel 40:3 So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
- Revelation 21:16 The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal — 12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
The Jews not to be Unjust In
- Leviticus 19:35 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- Deuteronomy 25:14–15 You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. …
The Jews often Used Unjust
- Micah 6:10 Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Unjust, an Abomination to God
- Proverbs 20:10 Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
Related topics
Measures of LengthMeasures of Liquids and SolidsMeasures were Regulated by the Standard of the SanctuaryWeights
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.