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"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsOthers Summoninginvesting

besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country. Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses Of

he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. Verse ConceptsMerchantsTrade

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it." Verse ConceptsTradeLiving In The LandProperty

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'" Verse ConceptsTradeThe Youngest ChildSpyingReinstating People

Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares. Verse ConceptsLeadIronMineralsSilverTinCommerce

and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsDriving

He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. Verse ConceptsRestoring ThingsTaking Other People

The children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their livestock, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtSpoils Of WarDealing With Young People

All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered. Verse ConceptsGiving To The Poor

They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness. Verse ConceptsFortificationsAbundance, MaterialDelighting, Right Kinds OfOlivesVineyardWellsTaking PossessionCapturing Cities

One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." Verse ConceptsCovetousnessInheritanceSiblingsFamily ProblemsResolving Conflict

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them. Verse ConceptsPropertyDadsdivision

besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country. Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses Of

They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. Verse ConceptsBalmsCaravansHerbs And SpicesMoney, Uses OfMyrrhPerfumeTradeTravelCamelsCommercePeople EatingSitting In Fellowship

The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more; Verse ConceptsBabylonMerchandise

So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceGod's Plans

Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies. Verse ConceptsCoralembroideryEmeraldsGemsJewelsLinenMineralsPrecious StonesCommercePurple Cloth

To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!" Verse ConceptsMerchandiseRelationship Of Father And SonBusinessthievessalesmarketing

merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble; Verse ConceptsBabylonCrimsonIvoryLinenPearlsPrecious StonesWantonnessCommerceRed MaterialPurple ClothAmassing SilverAmassing BronzeStone ItemsJewelleryGold TransferredSteel

and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. Verse Conceptsethics, personalBuying and sellingCreditRespect, For EnvironmentSabbatical YearSabbath, In OtTradeYearsDebtorsCancellation Of DeptCancelling DebtsSabbath ObservedDebt

There lived men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsSabbath Violated

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley. Verse ConceptsCoinageGrainMarketsWeights And Measures, DryBarteringPrice Set On Individuals

They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year. Verse ConceptsGoatsHorsesMarketsOwning LivestockAnimals, Types OfBarteringLoss Of DonkeysAcquiring HorsesPossessing Sheep

So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalTreesBarteringCedar Wood

But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: Verse ConceptsListeningMediumsFortunetellingOccultismDivinationMisleading DreamsFalse Prophets DenouncedAvoid SorceryDo Not Listen!SorceryDreams And False Prophetsmagic

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver. Verse ConceptsLiversMagical Arts, Practice OfArrows, Uses OfHousehold GodsPeople Shaking

Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?" Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToReward, HumanDivination

For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do. Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByAvoid SorceryGod ForbiddingSorcery

The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place."

Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. Verse ConceptsNo VisionsGod Saving From Enemies

For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFutilityencouragement, examples ofdiscouragementGuidance, Need For God'sHousehold GodsPeace, Human Destruction OfRestlessnessSheepSorcery And MagicVisionsDivinationWanderersMisleading DreamsProphesying LiesNo ComfortDreams And False Prophets

It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling. Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics