“You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin” (Leviticus 19:36)

For saints, all dealings in business should be at least according to the law, but God wants us to use a higher standard. “Whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 7:12). “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God” (Ephesians 4:28-30).

What you conceal is what God cares about. The temptation to tip the scales in your favor is a constant battle. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6). Use unrighteous mammon for His Kingdom. “Make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home … No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon” (Luke 16:9-13).

There’s one balance that should affect every other balance. Weigh your short time on Earth with where you’ll spend eternity. “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? … whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels” (Mark 8:36-38).