33 verses contain “scale” (in the KJV: 11, in the BSB: 32) — showing 1–33
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Joseph is a fruitful
bough, even a fruitful
bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters:
whatsoever hath fins and
scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
And all that have not fins and
scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an
abomination unto you:
But the following among all the
teeming life and creatures in the water are
detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and
scales.
Everything in the water that does not have fins and
scales shall be
detestable to you.
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.
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.
These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Of all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
And
whatsoever hath not fins and
scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
For by thee I have run through a
troop: by my God have I
leaped over a wall.
For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
O that my grief were throughly
weighed, and my
calamity laid in the balances together!
“If only my grief could be
weighed and placed with my
calamity on the
scales.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
His rows of
scales are his pride,
tightly sealed together.
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
For by thee I have run through a
troop; and by my God have I
leaped over a wall.
For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
A false balance is
abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the
bag are his work.
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the
bag are His
concern.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
A wise man
scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the
stronghold in which they trust.
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?
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?
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.
Surely the nations are like a drop in a
bucket; they are considered a
speck of dust on the
scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
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.
And I
subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and
weighed him the money in the balances.
I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and
weighed out the silver on the
scales.
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.
“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a
barber’s
razor, and
shave your head and
beard. Then take a set of
scales and divide the hair.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to
cling to your
scales. I will
haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will
cling to your
scales.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just
ephah, and a just bath.
You must use
honest scales, a just
ephah, and a just bath.
TEKEL; Thou art
weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
TEKEL means that you have been
weighed on the
scales and found deficient.
He is a merchant, the balances of
deceit are in his hand: he loveth to
oppress.
They shall run like mighty men; they shall
climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
They charge like mighty men; they
scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not
swerving from the course.
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?
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.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the
bag of
deceitful weights?
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
scales: and he received sight
forthwith, and arose, and was
baptized.
At that instant, something like
scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was
baptized,
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I
beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
And Raphael was sent to
heal them both, that is, to
scale away the whiteness of
Tobit’s eyes, and to give Sara the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of
Tobit; and to bind
Asmodeus the evil spirit; because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance. The
selfsame time came
Tobit home, and entered into his house, and Sara the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.