Real Estate

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Without counsel <FI>is<Fi> the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

`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.

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

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.

Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. — read the full passage →

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,

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

`And the land is not sold--to extinction, for the land <FI>is<Fi> Mine, for sojourners and settlers <FI>are<Fi> ye with Me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is removing his neighbour's border, --and all the people have said, Amen.

`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When a man dieth, and hath no son, then ye have caused his inheritance to pass over to his daughter;

and let them learn--ours also--to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

And I give the purchase-book unto Baruch son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my uncle's son, and before the eyes of the witnesses, those writing in the purchase-book, before the eyes of all the Jews who are sitting in the court of the prison.

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

Good <FI>is<Fi> the man--gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

then it hath been, in the day of his causing his sons to inherit that which he hath, he is not able to declare first-born the son of the loved one, in the face of the son of the hated one--the first-born.

`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; — read the full passage →

`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. — read the full passage →

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he giveth honour; yea, to a god whom his fathers knew not he giveth honour, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.

`And stood up on his station hath <FI>one<Fi> causing an exactor to pass over the honour of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.

And I buy the field, that <FI>is<Fi> in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle's son, and I weigh to him the money--seventeen shekels of silver.

Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: — read the full passage →

`When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, <FI>of<Fi> the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

`Thou dost not steal.

`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;

messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters--in all purity;

whom I did send unto you for this very thing, that he might know the things concerning you, and might comfort your hearts,

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

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

As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord; the same things to write to you to me indeed is not tiresome, and for you <FI>is<Fi> sure; — read the full passage →

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

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.

as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings: — read the full passage →

And he saith unto me, `This <FI>is<Fi> the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent. — read the full passage →

And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

`And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and hath strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.

`And <FI>one<Fi> hath stood up from a branch of her roots, <FI>in<Fi> his station, and he cometh in unto the bulwark, yea, he cometh into a stronghold of the king of the south, and hath wrought against them, and hath done mightily;

And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, Do turn back to their former state, And Samaria and her daughters Do turn back to their former state, And thou and thy daughters do turn back to your former state.

Lo, Hanameel son of Shallum, thine uncle, is coming unto thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that <FI>is<Fi> in Anathoth, for thine <FI>is<Fi> the right of redemption--to buy.

Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. — read the full passage →

I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves <FI>are<Fi> beasts.

I--I spake with my heart, saying, `I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.

Rob not the poor because he <FI>is<Fi> poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness.

Thine <FI>are<Fi> the heavens--the earth also <FI>is<Fi> Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth--when it increaseth--set not the heart.

The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

`If to the king <FI>it be<Fi> good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who <FI>is<Fi> better than she;

And this is small in Thine eyes, O God, and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off, and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O Jehovah God!

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

`When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.

`Thou dost not desire thy neighbour's wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.

`Thou dost not steal.

and a house of the villages which have no wall round about, on the field of the country is reckoned; redemption is to it, and in the jubilee it goeth out.

and ye have hallowed the year, the fiftieth year; and ye have proclaimed liberty in the land to all its inhabitants; a jubilee it is to you; and ye have turned back each unto his possession; yea, each unto his family ye do turn back.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

`When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth--