Contracts

Brethren, as a man I say <FI>it<Fi> , even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens.

`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

`When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow;

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company.

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath,

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

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

And I write in a book, and seal, and cause witnesses to testify, and weigh the silver in balances; — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

And he despised the oath--to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

all the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it <FI>is<Fi> before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.'

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take <FI>them<Fi> up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.' — read the full passage →

this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'

and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace.

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

Hiram king of Tyre hath assisted Solomon with cedar-trees, and with fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire; then doth king Solomon give to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

`Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found; — read the full passage →

and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days after that they have made with them a covenant, that they hear that they <FI>are<Fi> their neighbours--that in their midst they are dwelling.

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

And the redeemer saith, `I am not able to redeem <FI>it<Fi> for myself, lest I destroy mine inheritance; redeem for thyself--thou--my right of redemption, for I am not able to redeem.' — read the full passage →

and Joshua maketh with them peace, and maketh with them a covenant, to keep them alive; and swear to them do the princes of the company. — read the full passage →

or all that concerning which he sweareth falsely, he hath even repaid it in its principal, and its fifth he is adding to it; to him whose it <FI>is<Fi> he giveth it in the day of his guilt-offering.

`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant--six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought; — read the full passage →

for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation <FI>is<Fi> the oath, — read the full passage →

Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath--to Isaac,

and the sons of Israel have not smitten them, for sworn to them have the princes of the company by Jehovah God of Israel, and all the company murmur against the princes. — read the full passage →

And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that <FI>is<Fi> on the rods, — read the full passage →

He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.' — read the full passage →

And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou <FI>art<Fi> my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what <FI>is<Fi> thy hire.' — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed <FI>are<Fi> our heads, our Levites, our priests.'

And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her; — read the full passage →

sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;

And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away, — read the full passage →

And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down. — read the full passage →

And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'

`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant--six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

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

And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away, — read the full passage →

`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →

And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.

Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

And this <FI>is<Fi> formerly in Israel for redemption and for changing, to establish anything: a man hath drawn off his sandal, and given <FI>it<Fi> to his neighbour, and this <FI>is<Fi> the testimony in Israel.

And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai, — read the full passage →

God <FI>is<Fi> not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do <FI>it<Fi> ? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

`Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask--it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens, — read the full passage →

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

`And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons--I do not go out free;

if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he <FI>is<Fi> owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;

And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

but I--I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good--unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.

and go out unto his presence doth Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, and saith unto king Jehoshaphat, `To give help to the wicked, and to those hating Jehovah, dost thou love? and for this against thee <FI>is<Fi> wrath from before Jehovah,

and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which <FI>is<Fi> upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

And he taketh ten men of the elders of the city, and saith, `Sit down here;' and they sit down.

and saith, `I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye--ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land--their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice--what <FI>is<Fi> this ye have done? — read the full passage →

`But--if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you, — read the full passage →

and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we <FI>are<Fi> .' And Joshua saith unto them, `Who <FI>are<Fi> ye? and whence come ye?'

and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry--it was crumbs.

And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,

`Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found;

if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters--the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who <FI>are<Fi> in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, `Go in peace.'

And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch; — read the full passage →

And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou <FI>art<Fi> my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what <FI>is<Fi> thy hire.' — read the full passage →

to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city.

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

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

And Joshua calleth for them, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Why have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, and ye in our midst dwelling?

And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes--I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.' — read the full passage →

and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

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

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'

and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

A snare to a man <FI>is<Fi> he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. — read the full passage →