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Leviticus 19:36 (100.00%)

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

Leviticus 19:36a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
Leviticus 19:36b A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

Just H6664 balances H3976, just H6664 weights H68, a just H6664 ephah H374, and a just H6664 hin H1969, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD H3068 your God H430, which brought you out H3318 (8689) of the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

Job 6:2 (100.00%)

“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

Oh that H3863 my grief H3708 were throughly H8254 (8800) weighed H8254 (8735), and my calamity H1942 (8675) H1962 laid H5375 (8799) in the balances H3976 together H3162!

O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

Job 31:6 (100.00%)

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

Let me be weighed H8254 (8799) in an even H6664 balance H3976, that God H433 may know H3045 (8799) mine integrity H8538.

He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

Psalm 62:9 (100.00%)

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

Surely men H120 H1121 of low degree [are] vanity H1892, [and] men H376 of high degree [are] a lie H3577: to be laid H5927 (8800) in the balance H3976, they [are] altogether H3162 [lighter] than vanity H1892.

Only-vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.

Proverbs 20:23 (100.00%)

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Divers weights H68 H68 [are] an abomination H8441 unto the LORD H3068; and a false H4820 balance H3976 [is] not good H2896.

An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.

Proverbs 16:11 (100.00%)

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

A just H4941 weight H6425 and balance H3976 [are] the LORD’S H3068: all the weights H68 of the bag H3599 [are] his work H4639.

A just beam and balances are Jehovah’s, His work are all the stones of the bag.

Proverbs 11:1 (100.00%)

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

A false H4820 balance H3976 [is] abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068: but a just H8003 weight H68 [is] his delight H7522.

Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.

Isaiah 40:12 (100.00%)

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of the earth in a measuring basket, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Who hath measured H4058 (8804) the waters H4325 in the hollow of his hand H8168, and meted out H8505 (8765) heaven H8064 with the span H2239, and comprehended H3557 (8804) the dust H6083 of the earth H776 in a measure H7991, and weighed H8254 (8804) the mountains H2022 in scales H6425, and the hills H1389 in a balance H3976?

Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:15 (100.00%)

Behold, the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on a balance. Behold, he lifts up the islands like a very little thing.

Behold, the nations H1471 [are] as a drop H4752 of a bucket H1805, and are counted H2803 (8738) as the small dust H7834 of the balance H3976: behold, he taketh up H5190 (8799) the isles H339 as a very little thing H1851.

Lo, nations as a drop from a bucket, And as small dust of the balance, have been reckoned, Lo, isles as a small thing He taketh up.

Jeremiah 32:10 (100.00%)

I signed the deed, sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed the money in the balances to him.

And I subscribed H3789 (8799) the evidence H5612, and sealed H2856 (8799) [it], and took H5749 (8686) witnesses H5707, and weighed H8254 (8799) [him] the money H3701 in the balances H3976.

And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances;

Ezekiel 5:1 (100.00%)

“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.

And thou, son H1121 of man H120, take H3947 (8798) thee a sharp H2299 knife H2719, take H3947 (8799) thee a barber’s H1532 razor H8593, and cause [it] to pass H5674 (8689) upon thine head H7218 and upon thy beard H2206: then take H3947 (8804) thee balances H3976 to weigh H4948, and divide H2505 (8765) the [hair].

‘And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber’s razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused it to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.

Ezekiel 45:10 (100.00%)

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

Ezekiel 45:10 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

Ye shall have just H6664 balances H3976, and a just H6664 ephah H374, and a just H6664 bath H1324.

Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath-ye have.

Amos 8:5 (100.00%)

saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah° small, and the shekel° large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Amos 8:5a 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
Amos 8:5b a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.

Saying H559 (8800), When will the new moon H2320 be gone H5674 (8799), that we may sell H7666 (8686) corn H7668? and the sabbath H7676, that we may set forth H6605 (8799) wheat H1250, making the ephah H374 small H6994 (8687), and the shekel H8255 great H1431 (8687), and falsifying H5791 (8763) the balances H3976 by deceit H4820?

Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

Hosea 12:7 (100.00%)

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

[He is] a merchant H3667, the balances H3976 of deceit H4820 [are] in his hand H3027: he loveth H157 (8804) to oppress H6231 (8800).

Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

Micah 6:11 (100.00%)

Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?

Shall I count [them] pure H2135 (8799) with the wicked H7562 balances H3976, and with the bag H3599 of deceitful H4820 weights H68?

Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.