Pledges

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

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 →

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

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.

If thou at all take thy neighbor’s garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his 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 who is in heaven.

hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, 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.

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

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

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;

When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

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

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, 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 hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

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

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

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

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

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;

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come 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, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

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

When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. — read the full passage →

And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, 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 tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

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

for where thy treasure is, there will thy 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 Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 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 increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. — read the full passage →

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

When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, 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 unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

But thisI say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; 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, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to 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 art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; — read the full passage →

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: — read the full passage →

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 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.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

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

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

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution unto them and unto all;

how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. — read the full passage →

communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived.

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

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, 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 its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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 when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts. — read the full passage →

A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah 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 that ladeth himself with pledges!

But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

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

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for 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 is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance; — read the full passage →

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.

I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

avoiding this, that any man should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us: — read the full passage →

And herein I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will. — read the full passage →

and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

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

And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

For neither was there among them any 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 →

And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: 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 →

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

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:

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want 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, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.