Buying And Selling

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God.

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Buy the truth, and sell it not; Yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves; — read the full passage →

And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more; — read the full passage →

And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead; — read the full passage →

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:

And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold, — read the full passage →

A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves; — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. — read the full passage →

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. — read the full passage →

The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. — read the full passage →

For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; — read the full passage →

for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: — read the full passage →

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? — read the full passage →

And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant. — read the full passage →

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh’s. — read the full passage →

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

For what should a man give in exchange for his life?

Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, — read the full passage →

Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying, — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. — read the full passage →

abstain from every form of evil.

and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, — read the full passage →

envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none; — read the full passage →

For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.