4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• The Handwriting on the Wall

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 3:13 — Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
• 1Sam 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• Ezek 5:1 — And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
• Ezek 22:18 — Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
• Jer 6:30 — Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
• Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
• Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
• Matt 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
• Prov 16:2 — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
• Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Rev 3:2 — Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.