Devotional Thoughts and Teaching Illustrations About Balance
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2 Peter 3:17 (CEV) My dear friends, you have been warned ahead of time! So don't let the errors of evil people lead you down the wrong path and make you lose your balance.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 ESV For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...
Ecclesiastes 7:18 (MSG) It’s best to stay in touch with both sides of an issue. A person who fears God deals responsibly with all of reality, not just a piece of it.
Proverbs 11:1 (MSG) God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard.
Proverbs 11:2 (MSG) The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm.
Proverbs 16:10 (MSG) A good leader motivates, doesn’t mislead, doesn’t exploit.
Proverbs 16:11 (MSG) God cares about honesty in the workplace; your business is his business.
Proverbs 16:11 A just balance and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Proverbs 16:11 NASB95 - A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern.
Proverbs 16:11 The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
Proverbs 16:12 (MSG) Good leaders abhor wrongdoing of all kinds; sound leadership has a moral foundation.
Proverbs 20:23 (MSG) God hates cheating in the marketplace; rigged scales are an outrage.
Psalms 62:9 (MSG) Man as such is smoke, woman as such, a mirage. Put them together, they’re nothing; two times nothing is nothing.
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