Buying And Selling

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on 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 market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are 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.

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves. — read the full passage →

The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more; — read the full passage →

He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads; — 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.

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

The king said to Araunah, “No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!”

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, — read the full passage →

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’

Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. — read the full passage →

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

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

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?”

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

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. — read the full passage →

The time has come, the day draws near: don’t let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude.

You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet,

“‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

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

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.” — read the full passage →

For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, — read the full passage →

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

He found in the temple those who sold oxen, 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 short ephah that is accursed? — read the full passage →

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

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. — read the full passage →

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. — read the full passage →

“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave. — read the full passage →

He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’”

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

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

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”

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

Thus says Yahweh, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

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

You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying, — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food. — read the full passage →

Abstain from every form of evil.

To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, — read the full passage →

envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

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

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; — read the full passage →

For thus says Yahweh, “You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.”