Pledges

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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 →

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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.

If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

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.

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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:

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. — read the full passage →

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. — read the full passage →

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

And all that believed were together, and had all things common; — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. — read the full passage →

And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: — read the full passage →

When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. — read the full passage →

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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:

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. — read the full passage →

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, — read the full passage →

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: — read the full passage →

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. — read the full passage →

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? — read the full passage →

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

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

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. — read the full passage →

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: — read the full passage →

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: — read the full passage →

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. — read the full passage →

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

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, — read the full passage →

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

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:

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.