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Bible Quotes About Balances

13 Scripture verses about balances from the King James Version, with full verse text for study and meditation.

Discover 13 Bible verses about balances. This comprehensive collection of Scripture quotes reveals God's wisdom and guidance on balances, with verses from across the Old and New Testaments.

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Top 10 Bible Quotes About Balances

Leviticus 19:36 — “Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. weights: Heb. stones”
Job 31:6 — “Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Let: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice”
Proverbs 11:1 — “A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. A false: Heb. Balances of deceit just: Heb. perfect stone”
Proverbs 16:11 — “A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. the weights: Heb. the stones”
Proverbs 20:23 — “Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. a false: Heb. balance of deceit”
Isaiah 40:12 — “Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a...”
Isaiah 40:15 — “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.”
Isaiah 46:6 — “They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.”
Jeremiah 32:10 — “And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. subscribed: Heb. wrote in the book”
Ezekiel 5:1 — “And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.”

Subtopics of Balances

Used for weighing

Money weighed with

Must be just

False balance used

An abomination

FIGURATIVE

False balance, an abomination

Figurative

Old Testament Quotes About Balances (13)

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. weights: Heb. stones”

Leviticus 19:36KJV

“Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Let: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice”

Job 31:6KJV

“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. A false: Heb. Balances of deceit just: Heb. perfect stone”

Proverbs 11:1KJV

“A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. the weights: Heb. the stones”

Proverbs 16:11KJV

“Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. a false: Heb. balance of deceit”

Proverbs 20:23KJV

“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? a measure: Heb. a tierce”

Isaiah 40:12KJV

“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.”

Isaiah 40:15KJV

“They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.”

Isaiah 46:6KJV

“And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. subscribed: Heb. wrote in the book”

Jeremiah 32:10KJV

“And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.”

Ezekiel 5:1KJV

“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. a merchant: or, Canaan oppress: or, deceive”

Hosea 12:7KJV

“Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? new: or, month set: Heb. open falsifying: Heb. perverting the balances of deceit”

Amos 8:5KJV

“Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? count: or, be pure with, etc”

Micah 6:11KJV

Frequently Asked Questions About Balances in the Bible

What does the Bible say about balances?

The Bible contains 13 verses about balances, covering this topic from Genesis to Revelation. Scripture provides guidance, instruction, and comfort regarding balances through both the Old and New Testaments.

How many Bible verses are about balances?

There are 13 Bible verses about balances in the King James Version. These verses span multiple books of the Bible and cover various aspects of this topic.

What is the best Bible verse about balances?

While many verses address balances, the most well-known passages come from various books of the Bible. The best verse depends on your specific situation and what aspect of balances you are studying.

Where in the Bible does it talk about balances?

Balances is discussed throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. You can find 13 references to this topic across multiple books including the Psalms, Proverbs, the Gospels, and the Epistles.