Thematic Bible: Business life
Thematic Bible
Business life » Integrity » Examples of
Make room for me in your hearts. I have not wronged or harmed or got the better of anybody.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Fidelity » Industry
not wanting in devotion, but on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Do not pay anyone back with evil for evil. See that you are above reproach in the eyes of everyone.
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Owe nobody anything??xcept the duty of mutual love, for whoever loves his fellow-men has fully satisfied the Law.
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I intend to do what is right not only in the Lord's sight but in the eyes of men.
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Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly??n everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.
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Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Trading
And when he had secured the appointment and returned, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he could find out how much they had made.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
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Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
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He said to them, "Do not collect any more than you are authorized to."
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Business life » Dishonesty » Examples of
Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Goods
Someone in the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."
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The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the property.' So he divided his property between them.
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Business life » Employees » Faithful
"Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful slave whom his master put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time?
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Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
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But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope,
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Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble,
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Therefore, dear friends, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found by him unstained, irreproachable, and at peace.
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Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
If anyone begs from you, give to him, and when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.
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Business life » Employers » good examples
He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.
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A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death.
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Business life » Employers » Good
He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.
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A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchants
The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more??12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet, all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of objects of ivory and costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble,
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchandise
And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!"
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Business life » Employers » bad examples
Business life » Employers » Bad
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
If anyone begs from you, give to him, and when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.
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But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.
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Business life » Vices found in, » Breach of trust
And if you have been untrustworthy about what belonged to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?
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Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Business life » Contracts » Examples of
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
You know the commandments??Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'
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But it is you who wrong and rob others, and your own brothers at that!
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Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" ' But they took no notice of it, and went off, one to his estate, and another to his business,
He said to him, "A man once gave a great dinner, and invited a large number to it, and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!' And they all immediately began to excuse themselves. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and look at it. Please have me excused.' read more.
Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. Please have me excused.' Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'
Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. Please have me excused.' Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. Then who will have all you have prepared?'
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And he told them this story: "A certain rich man's lands yielded heavily. And he said to himself, 'What am I going to do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' Then he said, 'This is what I will do; I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store all my grain and my goods.
Business life » Employers » Failing to pay a living wage
And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."
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Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under hilkiah
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Disappointment
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
Business life » Fidelity » Required of stewards
Now further, what is always demanded of managers is that they can be depended on.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Neglect of duty
Business life » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars. And as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the debt.
Business life » Duties of » Faithfulness
You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.
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Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
Business life » Employers » Just dealing
You who are masters must treat your slaves justly and fairly, and remember that you have a Master too, in heaven.
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Business life » Contracts » Binding force of
To take an illustration, brothers, from daily life: even a human agreement, once ratified, no one annuls or alters.
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Business life » Fidelity » Nehemiah's treasurers
Business life » Duties of » Respect for masters
All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.
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Business life » Duties of » Obedience
You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,
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Business life » Employers » Refraining from threats
You who are masters, too, must treat your slaves in the same way, and cease to threaten them, for you know that their Master and yours is in heaven, and that he will show no partiality.
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Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under jehoiada
Business life » Duties of » Patience in hard places
You servants must be submissive to your masters and perfectly respectful to them; not only to those who are kind and considerate, but also to those who are unreasonable.
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Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
Business life » Fidelity » Of joseph
Business life » Debts » Secured by mortgages
Business life » Fidelity » of moses
Now the faithfulness of Moses in all the house of God was that of a servant, in faithfully repeating what he was told to say;
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Business life » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
Then he called in each of his master's debtors, and he said to the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said, 'Eight hundred gallons of oil.' And he said to him, 'Here is your agreement; sit right down and write four hundred!'
Business life » Debts » Not to be repudiated
Business life » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe nobody anything??xcept the duty of mutual love, for whoever loves his fellow-men has fully satisfied the Law.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » A restless life
Business life » Fidelity » Of daniel
Business life » Duties of » Desire to please
Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them
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Business life » Employers » Fraudulent withholding of wages
Why, the wages you have withheld from the laborers who have reaped your harvests cry aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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physical Work » Business life » Industry » Examples of
and as they practiced the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers.
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we have worked with our hands for a living. When people abuse us, we bless them, when they persecute us, we put up with it,
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