Balance

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto 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.

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.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. — read the full passage →

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. — read the full passage →

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

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?

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

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?

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. — read the full passage →

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?