Contracts

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.

But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts.

When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.

For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. — read the full passage →

having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. — read the full passage →

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape.

All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. — read the full passage →

This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, — read the full passage →

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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 it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

Thoughhandjoinin hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it. — read the full passage →

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. — read the full passage →

or any thing about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto: unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty.

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

For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. — read the full passage →

The covenantwhich he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. — read the full passage →

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. — read the full passage →

And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. — read the full passage →

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? — read the full passage →

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal unto it.

And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. — read the full passage →

sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. — read the full passage →

Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. — read the full passage →

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.

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

Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. — read the full passage →

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away. — read the full passage →

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: — read the full passage →

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Now this wasthe customin former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel.

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, — read the full passage →

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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; — read the full passage →

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.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah.

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice: why have ye done this? — read the full passage →

Else if ye do at all go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you; — read the full passage →

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy.

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. — read the full passage →

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? — read the full passage →

unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God; — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

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.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?

And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake. — read the full passage →

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,—in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, — read the full passage →

And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.

Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding: — read the full passage →