Job 31:6
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6 let me be weighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!—(A)
Daniel 5:27
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27 tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;(A)
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Psalm 7:8-9
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8 The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.(A)
9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous,
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God.(B)
Psalm 17:2-3
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2 From you let my vindication come;
let your eyes see the right.
3 If you try my heart, if you visit me by night,
if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me;
my mouth does not transgress.(A)
1 Samuel 2:3
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3 Talk no more so very proudly;
let not arrogance come from your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.(A)
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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Matthew 7:23
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23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(A)
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Micah 6:11
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11 Can I tolerate wicked scales
and a bag of dishonest weights?(A)
Isaiah 26:7
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7 The way of the righteous is level;
straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.(A)
Proverbs 16:11
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11 Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s;
all the weights in the bag are his work.(A)
Psalm 139:23
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.(A)
Psalm 26:1
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Psalm 26
Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness
Of David.
1 Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.(A)
Psalm 1:6
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6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.(A)
Job 27:5-6
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5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.(A)
6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.(B)
Job 6:2
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2 “O that my vexation were weighed
and all my calamity laid in the balances!(A)
Joshua 22:22
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22 “The Lord, God of gods! The Lord, God of gods! He knows, and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the Lord, do not spare us today(A)
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