Job 31:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.”
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BSBPD
“let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 31:6 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
- 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- Psalms 1:6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Psalms 7:8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Psalms 17:2May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
- Psalms 26:1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
- Proverbs 16:11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Daniel 5:27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
- Micah 6:11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
- Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
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