Thematic Bible: Business life
Thematic Bible
Business life » Integrity » Examples of
And Moses was very angry, and said to LORD, Do not respect thou their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
Moreover they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.
And they said, Thou have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have thou taken anything of any man's hand.
And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [pieces of] silver in my hand, yet I would not put forth my hand against the king's son, for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware th
And the man of God said to the king, If thou will give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
But he said, As LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, for they dealt faithfully.
But the former governors who were before me charged the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Business life » Fidelity » Industry
He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.
He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou have made, and at thy blood which has been in the midst of thee.
Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.
Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. Ye shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A perfect and just weight thou shall have, a perfect and just measure thou shall have, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.
Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.
providing things right, not only in the sight of Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Finally brothers, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are commendable, if anything is a virtue, and if
Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Ye shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.
Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Trading
And it came to pass for him to return, having taken the kingdom. And he said for these bondmen to be called to him, to whom he gave the silver, so that he might know what any man gained by trading.
besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of merchandise. He set it in a city of merchants.
It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
And ye shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade ye in it, and get possessions for you in it.
and bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that ye are no spies, but that ye are TRUE men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and ye shall trade in the land.
Tarshish was thy merchant because of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead. They traded for thy wares.
Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.
Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything.
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.
And he said to them, Collect not one thing more than from what has been appointed for you.
and not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with greedy men, or with predators, or with idolaters, since then ye would need to go out of the world.
Business life » Dishonesty » Examples of
And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry. I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech's servants had taken away violently.
And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
These twenty years I have been in thy house. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock. And thou have changed my wages ten times.
Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken from what was set apart, and have also stolen, and also dissembled. And they have even put it among their own stuff.
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me. I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be m
And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men g
Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger, thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for foreigners.
Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge [who is surety] for a strange woman.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Goods
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan.
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.
And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones. And all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.
And all those who were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted t
And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.
Business life » Employees » Faithful
But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my sons, I will not go out free,
Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are] to LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us.
A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.
Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time?
Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the ranking men and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.
Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
he who has not given forth upon interest, nor has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed TRUE justice between man and man,
Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
or he who exhorts, in the exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who leads, in diligence; he who does mercy, in cheerfulness.
And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,
He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Therefore, brothers, instead be diligent to make your calling and selection sure, for doing these things, ye would, no, not ever stumble.
Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.
Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
Then he said, Go, borrow for thee vessels abroad from all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water. And he cried, and said, Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.
Business life » Employers » good examples
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of LORD, to do righteousness and justice, to the end that LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoke
a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always.
And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my hou
And a certain centurion's bondman faring badly was going to perish, who was esteemed by him.
Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments.
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants as on
Business life » Employers » Good
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of LORD, to do righteousness and justice, to the end that LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he has spoke
a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always.
And if it seems evil to you to serve LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. But as for me and my hou
And a certain centurion's bondman faring badly was going to perish, who was esteemed by him.
Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments.
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants as on
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchants
besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
And they sat down to eat bread. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her, because no man buys their merchandise any more,
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are rulers, whose traders are the honored of the earth?
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchandise
Syria was thy merchant because of the multitude of thy handiworks. They traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and mar
And if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day. And that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
There dwelt men of Tyre also in it who brought in fish, and all manner of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Business life » Employers » bad examples
But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he was there in the prison.
And David said to him, To whom do thou belong? And from where are thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite. And my master left me because three days ago I fell sick.
Business life » Employers » Bad
But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he was there in the prison.
And David said to him, To whom do thou belong? And from where are thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite. And my master left me because three days ago I fell sick.
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
but thou shall surely open thy hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need which he wants.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.
Business life » Vices found in, » Breach of trust
If a soul sins, and commits a trespass against LORD, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,
Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own vineyard I have not kept.
Thou also took thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and made for thee images of men, and played the harlot with them.
And if ye did not become faithful in the alien, who will give thine to you?
Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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.
Business life » Contracts » Examples of
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.
And the field, and the cave that is in it, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth.
Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: A man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor. And this was the [manner of] attestation in Israel. So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.
And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard [that] which thou have sent to me. I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. And I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that thou shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shall receive them. And thou shall So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. read more.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil; thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
Thou shall not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother.
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou know that thy servant feared LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bo
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
And they brought their cattle to Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys. And he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Thou shall not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Thou shall not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities. But having disregarded, they departed, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many. And he sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready. And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused. read more.
And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused. And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.
And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I ask thee have me excused. And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I cannot come.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Business life » Employers » Failing to pay a living wage
And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f
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And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.
Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under hilkiah
Even to the carpenters and to the builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. And the men did the work faithfully. And the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward, and [others of] the Levites,
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Disappointment
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Business life » Fidelity » Required of stewards
And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Neglect of duty
And as the king passed by, he cried out to the king, and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man. If by any means he is missing, And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall thy judgment be, thyself have decided it.
Business life » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And when he began to settle, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made.
Business life » Duties of » Faithfulness
Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God.
Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Business life » Employers » Just dealing
Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.
Business life » Contracts » Binding force of
Brothers (I speak according to a man), in the same way of a man, no man annuls or adds to a contract that has been ratified.
Business life » Fidelity » Nehemiah's treasurers
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah, and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they were counted faithful, and their busin
Business life » Duties of » Respect for masters
Let bondmen, as many as are under a yoke, regard their own masters worthy of all respect, so that the name of God and the doctrine may not be blasphemed.
Business life » Duties of » Obedience
Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.
Business life » Employers » Refraining from threats
And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.
Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under jehoiada
Moreover they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully.
Business life » Duties of » Patience in hard places
Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.
Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?
Business life » Fidelity » Of joseph
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he knew nothing [that was] with him, save the bread which he ate. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.
Business life » Debts » Secured by mortgages
There were some also who said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain because of the dearth.
Business life » Fidelity » of moses
And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things that were going to be spoken,
Business life » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
And having summoned each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do thou owe to my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of olive oil. And he said to him, Receive thy document, and having sat down, quickly write fifty.
Business life » Debts » Not to be repudiated
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons from the rest.
Business life » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » A restless life
Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.
Business life » Fidelity » Of daniel
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion nor fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him.
Business life » Duties of » Desire to please
Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary,
Business life » Employers » Fraudulent withholding of wages
Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.
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And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft.
She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
So she gleaned in the field until evening. And she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
So we labored in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
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