Daniel 5:27

New International Reader's Version

“The word Tekel means that you have been weighed on scales. And you haven’t measured up to God’s standard.

Cross References

Job 31:6

So let God weigh me in honest scales. Then he’ll know I haven’t done anything wrong.

Psalm 62:9

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Proverbs 16:2

Everything a person does might seem pure to them. But the Lord knows why they do what they do.

Proverbs 21:2

A person might think their own ways are right. But the Lord knows what they are thinking.

Jeremiah 6:30

They are like silver that is thrown away. That is because I have not accepted them.”

Ezekiel 5:1

“Son of man, get a sharp sword. Use it as a barber’s razor. Shave your head and beard with it. Then get a set of scales and weigh the hair. Separate it into three piles.

Nahum 1:14

Nineveh, the Lord has given an order concerning you. He has said, “You will not have any children to carry on your name. I will destroy the wooden and metal statues that are in the temple of your gods. I will get your grave ready for you. You are worthless.”

1 Corinthians 3:13

But each person’s work will be shown for what it is. On judgment day it will be brought to light. It will be put through fire. The fire will test how good each person’s work is.