Buying And Selling

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants 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 had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also 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 honest, 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 abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave 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.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Neither was there any among them 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 Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; — read the full passage →

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

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: — read the full passage →

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; — read the full passage →

A just weight and balance are the Lord’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 piece of ground, and I must needs go 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 went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. — read the full passage →

And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof 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 meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress 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 is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. — read the full passage →

Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. — read the full passage →

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

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; — read the full passage →

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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

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

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

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

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: — read the full passage →

And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which 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 wasted his substance with riotous living.

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, 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 the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

But now thus saith the Lord 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.

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s. — read the full passage →

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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

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

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

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

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting 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 the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; 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 all appearance of evil.

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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

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

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

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

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

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

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.