As for teqel – you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

Do you know about the balancing ¹  of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Honest scales and balances ¹  are from the Lord; all the weights ²  in the bag are his handiwork.

The Lord abhors ¹  dishonest scales, ²  but an accurate weight ³  is his elight.

Who has measured out the waters ¹  in the hollow of his hand, or carefully ²  measured the sky, ³  or carefully weighed ⁴  the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales? ⁵ 

“Oh, ¹  if only my grief ²  could be weighed, ³  and my misfortune laid ⁴  on the scales too! ⁵ 

let him ¹  weigh me with honest ²  scales; then God will discover ³  my integrity.

You must use just balances, ¹  a just dry measure (an ephah), ²  and a just liquid measure (a bath). ³ 

The businessmen love to cheat; ¹  they use dishonest scales. ² 

You must have honest balances, ¹  honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. ²  I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. ¹  When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air. ² 

he is to calculate the value of the years it was sold, ¹  refund the balance ²  to the man to whom he had sold it, and return to his property.

The Lord abhors ¹  differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked. ² 

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. ¹  Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. ²  Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

You say, “When will the new moon festival ¹  be over, ²  so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, ³  so we can open up the grain bins? ⁴  We’re eager ⁵  to sell less for a higher price, ⁶  and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! ⁷ 

Then ¹  when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So ²  I looked, ³  and here came ⁴  a black horse! The ⁵  one who rode it ⁶  had a balance scale ⁷  in his hand.

While ¹  the Pharisees ²  were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: ³ 

My life is in continual danger, ¹  but I do not forget your law.

I signed the deed of purchase, ¹  sealed it, and had some men serve as witnesses to the purchase. ²  I weighed out the silver for him on a scale.

I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. ¹