Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Men » Traffic in
and cinnamon, spice, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves and human lives.
and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
The poor » The wicked » Sell
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Presents » Were given » To judges to secure a favorable hearing
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Shoe » Poor people sold for a pair of
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Shoes » Often given as bribes
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Silver » The price of Christ's betrayal
Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.
and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.