Thematic Bible: Business life
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Business life » Integrity » Examples of
And it will be kindled to Moses greatly, and he will say to Jehovah, Thou wilt not turn to their gift: not one ass did I take from them, and I did not evil to one of them.
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And they will not reckon with the men which they will give the silver into their hand to give to those doing the work, for they do in faith.
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And they will say, Thou didst not oppress us, and thou didst not vex us, and thou didst not take any thing from man's hand.
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And the man will say to Joab, And not I weighing upon my hand a thousand of silver, I will not stretch forth my hand against the king's son. for in our ears, the king commanded thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Watch for me over the boy, over Absalom.
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And the man of God will say to the king, If thou wilt give to me half thy house I will not go with thee, and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water in this place:
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And he will say, Jehovah lives whom I stood before him if I will take. And he will press upon him to take, and he will refuse.
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But the silver given into their hand will not be reckoned with them, for they do in faith.
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And the former prefects that were before me made heavy upon the people, and they will take from them in bread and wine, the last silver forty shekels; also their young men ruled over the people: and I did not thus from the face of the fear of God.
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Receive us; we injured none, we corrupted none, we took advantage of none.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Balances of deceit, an abomination of Jehovah: and a whole stone his delight
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Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress.
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Shall I make clean with the balances of injustice, and with the bag of stones of deceit?
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The partridge brooded and she brought not forth; to make riches and not in judgment, he shall leave them in the half of his days, and in his latter part he shall be foolish.
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Evil, evil, he buying will say: and departing to him, and then he will boast
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There shall not be to thee in thy receptacle a stone and a stone, great and small.
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A stone and stone, an ephah and ephah, an abomination of Jehovah, also they two.
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The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.
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Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;
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Business life » Fidelity » Industry
He gathering in summer, is a prudent son: he lying in deep sleep in harvest, a son causing shame.
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And Jehovah God will take the man and will set him down in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.
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He working his earth shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing vain things wanted heart.
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In study not slothful; boiling in the spirit; serving the Lord;
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Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise:
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Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.
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Thou shalt not love sleep lest thou shalt be dispossessed: open wide thine eyes, being filled with bread.
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She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
The partridge brooded and she brought not forth; to make riches and not in judgment, he shall leave them in the half of his days, and in his latter part he shall be foolish.
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The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.
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Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;
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Good a little with justice above abundance of increase with no judgment
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He oppressing the poor one to increase for himself, he gave to the rich; also to want
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He increasing by interest and usury, he shall gather it for him compassionating the poor.
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And behold, I struck my hand at thy plunder which thou madest, and at thy blood which was in the midst of thee.
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Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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Business life » Fidelity » Honesty, encouraged
Balances of deceit, an abomination of Jehovah: and a whole stone his delight
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Ye shall not do evil in judgment, in tribute, in weight, and in measure. Just balances, just stones, a just ephah, and a just hin shall be to you: I Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
A stone complete and just shall be to thee; an ephah complete and just
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Giving hack evil for evil to none. Providing good things before all men.
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Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law.
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Providing good things beforehand, not only before the Lord, but also before men.
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As to the rest, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever venerable, whatever just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever prosperous; if any ability, and if any praise, reckon up these things.
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Business life » Fidelity » Giving of just weights
Balances of deceit, an abomination of Jehovah: and a whole stone his delight
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Shall I make clean with the balances of injustice, and with the bag of stones of deceit?
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Just balances, just stones, a just ephah, and a just hin shall be to you: I Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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Weighing and balances of judgment are to Jehovah, and his work all the stones of the bag.
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There shall not be to thee in thy receptacle a stone and a stone, great and small.
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A stone and stone, an ephah and ephah, an abomination of Jehovah, also they two.
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A just balance, and a just ephah, and a just bath, shall be to you.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Trading
And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business.
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Besides from the men travelling about and from the traffic of the merchants, and all the kings of Arabia and all the prefects of the earth.
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He plucked off the head of the suckers, and he will bring it to the land of Canaan, and he set it in a city of merchants.
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Evil, evil, he buying will say: and departing to him, and then he will boast
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And ye shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell ye and traffic in it, and take possession in it
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And bring your little brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spying, but ye are true: I will give to you your brother and ye shall traffic in the land.
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Tarshish thy merchant from the multitude of all riches: in silver, iron, alloy, and lead, they gave thy markets.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
To turn away the judgment of the powerless, and to strip off judgment of the distressed of my people, for widows to be their plunder, and they will plunder orphans.
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They took a gift in thee to pour out blood; thou tookest usury and interest, and thou wilt plunder thy neighbors by violence, and thou didst forget me, says the Lord Jehovah.
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For this, because of your treading upon the poor one, and ye will take away the liftings up of wheat from him: ye built houses of hewn stone, and ye shall not dwell in them; ye planted vineyards of desire and ye shall not drink their wine.
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But that servant having come, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred drachmas, and having seized, he choked him, saying, Give back to me what thou owest.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.
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And he said to them, Do nothing more than that appointed you
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And not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or the rapacious, or idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
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Business life » Dishonesty » Examples of
And Jezebel his wife will say to him, Thou now wilt do the kingdom over Israel: arise, eat bread, and do thy heart good: I will give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force.
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And the shepherds of Gerar will contend with Isaak's shepherds, saying; The waters are to us: and he will call the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
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Here to me twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy sheep; and thou wilt change my hire ten portions.
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Israel sinned and also passed by my covenant which I commanded them: and also they took from the devoted thing, and also stole, and also lied, and also put in their vessels.
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And he will say to his mother, The thousand and one hundred of silver which was taken for thee, and thou cursedst me, and saidst also in mine ears, behold, the silver with me; I took it And his mother will say, Blessed my son to Jehovah.
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And the five men having gone to search the land will go up; they will come in there; they took the carved thing and the ephod, and the teraphim and the molten thing: and the priest stood at the door of the gate, and the six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
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Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if thou becamest surety for thy friend, thou didst strike thy hands for a stranger; Thou wert snared with the sayings of thy mouth, thou wert taken with the sayings of thy mouth.
The justice of the blameless shall make straight his way, and in his injustice the unjust shall fall.
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A man wanting heart will strike the hand, pledging a pledge before his friend.
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Take his garment that became surety for a stranger: and bind him by a pledge for strange women.
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Thou shalt not be with those striking the hand with those pledging for debts.
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Take his garment pledging a stranger, and bind him by a pledge for a strange woman.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Goods
And he will lead away all his cattle and all his horse which he acquired, the cattle of his acquisition, which he acquired in Padan Aram, to go to Isaak his father in the land of Canaan.
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And he shall turn back all the substance, and also Lot, his brother, and having turned back his cattle, and also the women and the people.
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And the sons of Israel will take captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their cattle, and all their possessions, and they plundered all their strength.
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And all those round about them strengthened upon their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with substance, and with cattle, and most precious things, besides all being willingly given.
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And they will take inaccessible cities, and a fat land, and they will inherit houses full of all good, and wells hewed out, vineyards and olive trees, and the tree of food for abundance: and they will eat and be filled, and be fat, and will live delicately in thy great goodness.
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And a certain one out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
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And the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of property falling. And he divided to them the property.
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Business life » Employees » Faithful
And if saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth free:
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Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their lords, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, even till he compassionate us.
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An understanding servant shall rule a son causing shame, and shall divide the inheritance in the midst of the brethren.
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As the cold of snow in the day of harvest a faithful messenger to those sending him: he shall restore the soul of his lord.
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He guarding the fig tree shall eat its fruit: and he watching his lord shall be honored.
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Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season
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Business life » Debts » Usury, forbidden
If thou shalt lend silver to my people being poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him, as lending; ye shall not put interest upon him.
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And my heart will take counsel to me, and I shall contend with the nobles and the prefects, and say to them, Ye impose a debt each upon his brother. And I shall give a great convocation against them.
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He increasing by interest and usury, he shall gather it for him compassionating the poor.
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Thou shalt not take from him interest and increase; thou shalt be afraid of thy God; and thy brother to live with thee.
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Not giving his silver for interest, and gave not presents against the innocent. He doing these things shall not be moved forever.
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And he shall not give upon interest, and he shall not take interest, from iniquity he shall turn back his hand; he shall do judgment of truth between man to man.
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Business life » Business virtues » Diligence
Whether he beseeching, in supplication: he imparting, in simplicity; he placed before, in earnestness; he compassionating, in cheerfulness.
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And we desire each of you to show the same earnestness to the complete certainty of hope to the end:
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A slothful hand makes poverty, and the hand of the active will make rich.
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The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat
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Wherefore rather, brethren, be earnest to have your calling and selection made firm: for doing these, ye should not once stumble:
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Wherefore, dearly beloved, expecting these, be earnest, spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace.
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Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away.
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The rich one will rule over the poor, and he borrowing, a servant to the man lending.
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The unjust one borrowed and he will not repay: and the just one compassionated, and gave.
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And if a man shall ask from his friend, and being broken or dying, its lord not with it, recompensing, he shall recompense.
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And he will say, Go ask for thyself vessels from without from all thine dwelling near; empty vessels; thou shalt not be little.
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And one will be felling the beam, and the iron fell into the water: and he will cry out and say, Alas, my lord! and it was borrowed.
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Business life » Employers » good examples
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.
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Religious, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying God always.
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And if evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served which are beyond the river, and whether the gods of the Amorite which ye dwelt in their land: and I and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
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And a certain centurion's servant being sick, was about to die; which was highly valued by him.
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And Jacob will say to his house, and to all which are with him, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.
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And David turned back to bless his house. And Michal, Saul's daughter, will go forth to the meeting of David, and she will say, How honored the king of Israel this day who was uncovered this day to the eyes of the maids of his servants as one of the worthless uncovering was uncovered!
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Business life » Employers » Good
For I know him, for that he will command his sons and his house after him; and they watched the way of Jehovah to do justice and judgment, for Jehovah to bring upon Abraham what he spake to him.
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Religious, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many alms to the people, and praying God always.
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And if evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served which are beyond the river, and whether the gods of the Amorite which ye dwelt in their land: and I and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
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And a certain centurion's servant being sick, was about to die; which was highly valued by him.
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And Jacob will say to his house, and to all which are with him, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and be cleansed and change your garments.
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And David turned back to bless his house. And Michal, Saul's daughter, will go forth to the meeting of David, and she will say, How honored the king of Israel this day who was uncovered this day to the eyes of the maids of his servants as one of the worthless uncovering was uncovered!
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchants
Besides from the men travelling about and from the traffic of the merchants, and all the kings of Arabia and all the prefects of the earth.
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And they will sit down to eat bread, and they will lift up their eyes, and will see, and behold travellers, Ishmaelites come from Gilead, and their camels bearing perfumes and balsam and myrrh, going to carry down to Egypt
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And the wholesale merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for their cargo will none purchase more:
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And the merchants and those selling every selling will lodge from without to Jerusalem once and twice.
Who will counsel this against Tyre, encircled with a crown, whom her merchants, chiefs; her merchants the honored of the earth.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchandise
Aram thy merchant from the multitude of thy works: they gave in thy markets with the gem, reddish purple, and variegation, and byssus, and red corals, and ruby.
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And he said to those selling doves, Take away these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.
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The cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all fir wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of precious wood, and of iron, and brass, and marble,
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And the people of the land bringing wares and all grain in the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take from them in the Sabbath and in the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the debt of every hand.
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And the Tyrians sat in it, bringing in fish and every selling, and selling in the Sabbath to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
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Business life » Employers » bad examples
And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.
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And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten parts; and God gave him not to do evil by me.
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And Joseph's lord will take him and put him into the house of the fortress, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he shall be there in the house of the fortress.
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And the Egyptians will make the sons of Israel serve by oppression.
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And David will say to him, To whom thou? and from whence thou? and the boy, the Egyptian, will say, I servant to a man, an Amalekite; and my lord left me because I was sick the the third day.
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Business life » Employers » Bad
And Abram will say to Sarai, Behold thy maid servant in thy hand; do to her the good in thine eyes. And Sarai shall afflict her, and she will flee from her face.
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And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten parts; and God gave him not to do evil by me.
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And Joseph's lord will take him and put him into the house of the fortress, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he shall be there in the house of the fortress.
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And the Egyptians will make the sons of Israel serve by oppression.
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And David will say to him, To whom thou? and from whence thou? and the boy, the Egyptian, will say, I servant to a man, an Amalekite; and my lord left me because I was sick the the third day.
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Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away.
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For opening, thou shalt open thy hand to him, and lending, thou shalt lend him a sufficiency for his want which he shall want
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All the day he compassionates and lends; and his seed to be blessed.
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A good man, being merciful and lending: he will hold up his words in judgment;
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But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil.
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Business life » Vices found in, » Breach of trust
When a soul shall sin and cover a transgression against Jehovah, and lie against his neighbor in a deposit, or in trust of the hand, or in robbery, or oppressing his neighbor;
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Thou shalt not see me, I am black; the sun searched me: my mother's sons were angry with me; they set me to watch the vineyards; my vineyard I watched not for me.
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And thou wilt take all thy ornaments from my gold and from my silver, which I gave to thee, and thou wilt make to thee images of a male and commit fornication with them.
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And if ye were not faithful with another, who shall give you your own?
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Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For thou wilt take a pledge of thy brethren, in vain, and the garments of the naked thou wilt strip of
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If taking in pledge, thou shalt take in pledge the garment of thy friend, at the going down of the sun thou shalt turn it back to him.
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He shall not take the two mill-stones as a pledge, and the rider, for it is taking the soul as a pledge.
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They will lead away the ass of the orphans, and they will take for pledge, the widow's ox.
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And upon garments taken in pledge they will turn by every altar, and they will drink the wine of the amerced in the house of their God.
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Business life » Contracts » Examples of
And Abraham will take sheep and oxen, and give to Abimelech; and they two made a covenant
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And the field will stand, and the cave which is in it, to Abraham for the possession of a burying place, from the sons of Heth.
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And this before in Israel upon redemption and upon exchange, to set up all the word; a man drew off his shoe and gave to his neighbor: and this the precept in Israel. And the blood relative will say to Boaz, Buy for thee. And he will draw off his shoe.
And Hiram will send to Solomon, saying, I heard what thou sentest to me: I will do all thy pleasure in woods of cedars and in woods of cypress. My servants shall bring from Lebanon to the sea, and I will put them on rafts upon the sea, even to the place where thou wilt send to me; and I dispersed them there, and thou shalt lift up and thou shalt do my pleasure to give bread to my house. And Hiram will be giving to Solomon woods of cedar and woods of cypress, all his desire. read more.
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cons of wheat food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil: thus Solomon will give to Hiram year by year.
And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand cons of wheat food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil: thus Solomon will give to Hiram year by year.
Business life » Dishonesty » Fraud
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, and thou shalt not rob: the wages of the hireling shall not remain with thee till morning.
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Thou knowest the commands: Thou shouldst not commit adultery; Thou shouldst not kill; Thou shouldst not steal; Thou shouldst not bear false testimony; Thou shouldst not defraud; Honour thy father and mother.
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But ye treat ill, and defraud, and that the brethren.
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Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
He shall not take the two mill-stones as a pledge, and the rider, for it is taking the soul as a pledge.
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They will lead away the ass of the orphans, and they will take for pledge, the widow's ox.
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And one woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband died, and thou knewest that thy servant was fearing Jehovah: and the creditor came to take my two children for servants.
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Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
And I shall buy her to me for fifteen of silver, and an homer of barley, and a measure of barley:
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And they will bring their cattle to Joseph, and Joseph will give to them bread for horses, and for the possession of the sheep, and for the possession of the cattle, and for the asses; and he will feed them with bread, for all their cattle for that year.
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And Hiram will be giving to Solomon woods of cedar and woods of cypress, all his desire.
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Business life » Employers » Duties of » Prompt payment of wages
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, and thou shalt not rob: the wages of the hireling shall not remain with thee till morning.
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In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.
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Business life » Employers » Delaying payment
Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, and thou shalt not rob: the wages of the hireling shall not remain with thee till morning.
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In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Business engagements take precedence with worldly men
And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials. And they, not having heeded, departed, one truly to his own field, and one to his traffic:
And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and called many; And he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to the called, Come; for all things are already prepared. And from one they all began to conciliate. The first said to him, I bought a field, and have necessity to go and see it: I ask thee, have me pardoned. read more.
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I ask thee, have me pardoned. And another said, I have married wife, and therefore I cannot come.
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I ask thee, have me pardoned. And another said, I have married wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be?
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And he spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man bore well: And he calculated in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not where I shall collect together my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my stores, and build greater; and there will I collect all my produce and my good things.
Business life » Employers » Failing to pay a living wage
And I came near to you for judgment: and I was a swift witness against those practicing magic, and against those committing adultery, and against those swearing to falsehood, and against those oppressing the hire of the hireling, the widow and the orphan, and those turning aside the stranger, and they feared not me, said Jehovah of armies.
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And they making war asked him, saying, And what shall do? And he said to them, Shake none violently, neither make slanderous accusation; and be content with your pay.
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Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under hilkiah
And they will give to the artificers and to the builders to buy stones and woods for junctions, and to frame the houses which the kings of Judah destroyed. And the men doing in the work in faithfulness: and over them being appointed Jahath and Obadiah the Levites from the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam from the sons of the Kohathites to superintend; and the Levites all understanding in instruments of song.
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Disappointment
And I turned about to let my heart despair for all the labor I labored under the sun.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Sleeplessness
The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.
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Business life » Fidelity » Required of stewards
And besides it is sought in stewards, that any one be found faithful.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » Neglect of duty
And it will be the king passing by, and he cried to the king, and he will say, Thy servant went forth into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and he will bring a man to me, and say, Watch this man: if missing, he shall be missed, and thy soul being instead of his soul, or thou shalt weigh a talent of silver. And it will be thy servant doing here and there, and he was not. And the king of Israel will say to him, Thus thy judgment; thou didst decide.
Business life » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents. And he not having to give back, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all which he had also to be given back.
Business life » Duties of » Faithfulness
Servants, listen ye in all things to lords according to the flesh; not in eyeservice as pleasing men; but in simplicity of heart, fearing God:
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Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;
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Business life » Employers » Just dealing
Lords, render ye to servants Justice and equality; knowing that ye also have a Lord in the heavens.
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Business life » Contracts » Binding force of
Brethren, I speak according to man; Although a man's covenant, having been confirmed, none annuls, or orders an addition.
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Business life » Fidelity » Nehemiah's treasurers
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites: and upon their hand Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah: for they were reckoned faithful: and upon them to divide out to their brethren.
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Business life » Duties of » Respect for masters
Let as many servants as are under the yoke deem their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrines be not defamed.
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Business life » Duties of » Obedience
Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ;
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Business life » Employers » Refraining from threats
And, lords, do ye the same things to them, letting go threatening: knowing that also your own Lord is in the heavens; and distinction of persons is not with him.
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Business life » Fidelity » The workmen under jehoiada
And they will not reckon with the men which they will give the silver into their hand to give to those doing the work, for they do in faith.
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Business life » Duties of » Patience in hard places
Servants being subjected to masters in all fear; not only to the good and equitable, but also to the crooked.
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Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
If I shall despise the judgment of my servant and my maid in their contending with me; And what shall I do when God shall rise up? And when he shall review, what shall I turn back to him?
Business life » Fidelity » Of joseph
And he will let go all which is to him into the hand of Joseph; and he will not, know anything except the bread which he is eating: and Joseph will be fair of form, and fair of look.
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Business life » Debts » Secured by mortgages
And there are those saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses we pledge, and we will take grain in the famine.
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Business life » Fidelity » of moses
And truly Moses faithful in his whole house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things to be spoken;
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Business life » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
And having called upon each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord And he said, An hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thou thy book, and having quickly sat down, write fifty.
Business life » Debts » Not to be repudiated
And she will go and announce to the man of God, and he will say, Go sell the oil and requite thy creditor, and thou shalt live with thy sons by the rest
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Business life » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law.
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Business life » Business Cares Result in » A restless life
Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.
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Business life » Fidelity » Of daniel
Then the presidents and satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel from the part of the kingdom; and they will not be able to find any pretext and corruption, because that he was faithful, and any error and corruption was not found upon him.
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Business life » Duties of » Desire to please
Servants to be subordinate to their own masters, to be pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
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Business life » Employers » Fraudulent withholding of wages
Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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physical Work » Business life » Industry » Examples of
And because being of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought: for they were by trade tentmakers.
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She viewed the goings of her house, and the bread of sloth she will not eat
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And the man Jeroboam mighty of strength: and Solomon will see the boy that he did work, and he will appoint him for the burden of the house of Joseph.
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I was in the day, the drought consumed me, and cold in the night, and sleep will flee away from mine eyes.
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And she will gather in the field till the evening, and she will beat out what she gathered, and it will be about an ephah of barley.
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And we are wearied, working with our own hands: being reviled, we praise; being driven out, we hold up
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And we doing in the work: and half of them holding fast upon the spears from the ascending of the dawn even till the coming forth of the stars.
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