Daniel 5:27

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 31:6

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

Psalm 62:9

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

Proverbs 16:2

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Proverbs 21:2

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Jeremiah 6:30

They are regarded as ‘rejected silver’ because the Lord rejects them.”

Ezekiel 5:1

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

Nahum 1:14

The Lord has issued a decree against you: “Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave – because you are accursed!”

1 Corinthians 3:13

each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.