What Does the Bible Say About Weights?
Here are 8 Bible verses about weights, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Matthew 6:25-34
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? …
BSBTherefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? …
- #2Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
BSBTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
- #3Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
BSBNo one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- #4Proverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
BSBCharm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
- #52 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
BSBFor our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- #61 Timothy 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
BSBThose who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- #7Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
BSBA stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- #8Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
BSBWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
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Weights in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Generally regulated by the standard of the sanctuary: Ex 30:24
- Sometimes regulated by the king's standard: 2Sa 14:26
- Were frequently used in scales or balances: Job 31:6; Isa 40:12
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Gerah: Ex 30:13; Eze 45:12
- Bekah or half shekel: Ge 24:22
- Shekel: Ex 30:13; Eze 45:12
- Dram: Ne 7:70,71
- Maneh or pound: Ne 7:71; Eze 45:12
- Talent: 2Sa 12:30; Re 16:21
- Value of money estimated according to: Ge 23:16; 43:21; Jer 32:9
- All metals were given by: Ex 37:24; 1Ch 28:14
- Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity: Le 26:26; Eze 4:10,16
- THE JEWS
- Forbidden to have various: De 25:13,14
- Forbidden to have unjust: Le 19:35,36
- Frequently used unjust: Mic 6:11
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of sins: Heb 12:1
- Of the restraints put on the elements: Job 28:25
- (Heavy,) of the exceeding glory reserved for saints: 2Co 4:17