Take That, Worldly Wisdom!

Well, this one is pretty self explanatory.  Unless, of course, you're a designer of airplanes, fuel efficient automobiles, or backpacking equipment, in which case you favor lightweight materials. Also it's worth noting that, unless you're Roman Catholic, no one takes the position that any of that stuff on the right-hand scale is of equal or greater weight than the Bible anyway.  Folks may act as if creeds, councils, and confessions are of equal or greater worth than the Bible, but they wouldn't assert it as a contradiction to this engraving.

Note that the Bible is not open.  I'm not sure what that means.