Thematic Bible: Business life
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Business life » Integrity » Examples of
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
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And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.
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And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.
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And the man said to Joab, Even if you gave me a thousand bits of silver, I would not put out my hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king gave orders to you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care that the young man Absalom is not touched.
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But the man of God said to the king, Even if you gave me half of all you have, I would not go in with you, and I would not take food or a drink of water in this place;
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But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
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They did not have to give any account of the money which was handed to them, for they made use of it with good faith.
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But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
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Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
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Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
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Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
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Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
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A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
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Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
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Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
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He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
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Business life » Fidelity » Industry
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
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And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
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He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
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Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
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Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
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Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
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She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.
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He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
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A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
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Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.
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He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.
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He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
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See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.
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See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures. Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
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Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
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For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.
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For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
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Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
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Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
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True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
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Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
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Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
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Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Trading
And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.
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In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.
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Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.
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A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
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Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.
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And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.
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Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
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In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
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So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.
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But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
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And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
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But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:
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Business life » Dishonesty » Examples of
Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
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But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
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These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
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Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
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And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
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Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.
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Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another, You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
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A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
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Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
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Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Goods
And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
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And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.
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The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;
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And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.
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And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
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And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.
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And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.
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Business life » Employees » Faithful
But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
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A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
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As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.
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Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
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Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
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Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
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And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
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He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
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Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.
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And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,
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Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
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And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
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He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
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For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
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For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.
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Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.
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The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
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The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
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If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.
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Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.
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But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
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Business life » Employers » good examples
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
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A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
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And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
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And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.
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Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
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Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!
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Business life » Employers » Good
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
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A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
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And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
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And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.
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Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
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Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchants
In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.
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Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
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And the traders of the earth are weeping and crying over her, because no man has any more desire for their goods,
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So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.
By whom was this purposed against Tyre, the crowning town, whose traders are chiefs, whose business men are honoured in the land?
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchandise
Edom did business with you because of the great number of things which you made; they gave emeralds, purple, and needlework, and the best linen and coral and rubies for your goods.
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And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.
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Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone;
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And if the peoples of the lands come to do trade in goods or food on the Sabbath day, that we would do no trade with them on the Sabbath or on a holy day: and that in the seventh year we would take no payment from any debtor.
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And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath.
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Business life » Employers » bad examples
And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
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But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.
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And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.
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And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:
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And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.
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Business life » Employers » Bad
And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
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But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.
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And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.
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And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:
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And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.
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Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.
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But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.
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All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.
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All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
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But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
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Business life » Vices found in, » Breach of trust
If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour,
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Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept.
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And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;
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And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?
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Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
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If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:
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No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
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They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
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By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.
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Business life » Contracts » Examples of
And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
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And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his property by the children of Heth.
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Now, in earlier times this was the way in Israel when property was taken over by a near relation, or when there was a change of owner. To make the exchange certain one man took off his shoe and gave it to the other; and this was a witness in Israel. So the near relation said to Boaz, Take it for yourself. And he took off his shoe.
Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood. My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people. So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of; read more.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
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You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.
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So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.
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Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
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They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
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Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
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So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.
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So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;
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Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
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Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
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Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
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Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast. But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:
And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people. And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready. And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. read more.
And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come. And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
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And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.
Business life » Employers » Failing to pay a living wage
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
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And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
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Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under hilkiah
Even to the woodworkers and builders to get cut stone and wood for joining the structure together and for making boards for the houses which the kings of Judah had given up to destruction. And the men did the work well; and those who had authority over them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, who were to be responsible for seeing that the work was done; and others of the Levites, who were expert with instruments of music,
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Disappointment
So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
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Business life » Fidelity » Required of stewards
And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Neglect of duty
And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment. But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.
Business life » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents. And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
Business life » Duties of » Faithfulness
Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
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Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
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Business life » Employers » Just dealing
Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
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Business life » Contracts » Binding force of
Brothers, as men would say, even a man's agreement, when it has been made certain, may not be put on one side, or have additions made to it.
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Business life » Fidelity » Nehemiah's treasurers
And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.
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Business life » Duties of » Respect for masters
Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.
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Business life » Duties of » Obedience
Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;
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Business life » Employers » Refraining from threats
And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
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Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under jehoiada
And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.
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Business life » Duties of » Patience in hard places
Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.
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Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me; What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Business life » Fidelity » Of joseph
And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
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Business life » Debts » Secured by mortgages
And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
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Business life » Fidelity » of moses
And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later;
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Business life » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.
Business life » Debts » Not to be repudiated
So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
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Business life » Debts » Obligation to pay
Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » A restless life
Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
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Business life » Fidelity » Of daniel
Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong was to be seen in him.
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Business life » Duties of » Desire to please
Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;
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Business life » Employers » Fraudulent withholding of wages
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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physical Work » Business life » Industry » Examples of
And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
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She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.
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And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.
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This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
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So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.
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And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
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So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.
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