Contracts

Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

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

If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear 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, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

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

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

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

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took 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 deeds; — read the full passage →

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

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

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged 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; we will even 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 friend.

(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, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, 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 is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. — read the full passage →

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

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. — read the full passage →

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

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

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

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. — read the full passage →

Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

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

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes 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 conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and 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 countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

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

Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the 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 be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

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

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

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

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by 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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell 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 hell 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 was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

And 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 shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

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: — read the full passage →

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.

Masters, give 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 any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But thou shalt remember the Lord 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 it is this day.

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

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

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, 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 wealth 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 ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, 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 league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? — read the full passage →

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall 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 shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

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

Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

If his master have given him a wife, and she have born 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 which 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 any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: — 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, then have we confidence toward God. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

For they that are after the flesh do 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 the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected 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, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. — read the full passage →

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

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, — read the full passage →

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

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

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

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. — read the full passage →