Thematic Bible: Miscellaneous topics relating to
Thematic Bible
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Trading
"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.
not including revenue from traders, merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.
He plucked off the top of its shoot, brought it to a land of merchants, and set it down in a city full of traders.
"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I can be sure that you're honest men, and not spies. Then I'll return your brother to you, and you'll be allowed to trade anywhere in the land.'"
"Tarshish was your business partner because of your phenomenal wealth. They traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Goods
and drove all his livestock ahead of him, with everything that belonged to him, including the livestock that he had bought and accumulated in Paddan-aram, intending to deliver them to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
He recovered all the goods and brought back his nephew Lot, together with his possessions, the women, and the other people.
After this, the Israelis took captive the Midianite women and children and confiscated as spoils of war all their cattle, livestock, and their goods.
So all of their neighbors equipped the travelers with silver, gold, equipment, pack animals, and valuable goods, in addition to voluntary offerings.
They conquered fortified cities and fertile ground, possessing houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, with vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were satiated, and were well nourished, delighting themselves in your great goodness.
Then someone in the crowd told him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."
The younger one told his father, "Father, give me my share of the estate.' So the father divided his property between them.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchants
not including revenue from traders, merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.
After this, while they were seated, eating their food, they looked around and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead with camels carrying spices, balm, and myrrh for sale down in Egypt.
The world's businesses cry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore
As a result, the merchants and sellers of all sorts of goods remained outside Jerusalem a couple of times.
Who has planned this against Tyre, that bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the most renowned on earth?
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Merchandise
"Aram was one of your customers because you had so much merchandise. They paid by trading turquoise, purple yarn, embroidered goods, Egyptian linen, coral, and rubies.
Then he told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!"
cargo of gold, silver, gems, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all articles made of ivory, all articles made of very costly wood, bronze, iron, marble,
As for the people of the land who bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. We will forego planting crops, and we will cancel debts during every seventh year."
Furthermore, Tyrians were living there who were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise, selling them to the people of Judah on the Sabbath, even in Jerusalem.
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph traded food in exchange for horses, various flocks and herds, and donkeys. He fed them with food in exchange for their livestock during that year.
That's how Hiram came to provide Solomon as much cedar and cypress timber as he needed.
Divination » Miscellaneous topics relating to
You aren't to listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, and your sorcerers who say to you, "Don't serve the king of Babylon.'
"Meanwhile, Babylon's king is standing at the fork of the road, where he can head in either of two directions, and that's where he is practicing divination. Shaking his arrows, he's asking questions of his teraphim while he examines livers.
and Joseph asked them, "Why did you do this? Don't you know that I'm an expert at divination?"
So the elders of Moab and Midian left to visit Balaam, bringing an honorarium with them, and communicated Balak's concerns to him.
because those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and divination. But the LORD does not allow you to act this way."
The Philistines summoned the priests and diviners and asked, "What should we do about the Ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."
you'll no longer see false visions or again practice divination, because I'm going to deliver my people from your power. Then you'll know that I am the LORD."'"
Truly the family idols talk nonsense and the diviners discern lies, describing delusional dreams. Since their comfort is vacuous, they wander off on their own like sheep, because there is no shepherd.
Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future.