6 Bible Verses about Contracts

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Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak according to man; Although a man's covenant, having been confirmed, none annuls, or orders an addition.

Genesis 23:20

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.

Ruth 4:7

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.

Ruth 4:8

And the blood relative will say to Boaz, Buy for thee. And he will draw off his shoe.

1 Kings 5:8-11

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.

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Business life » Contracts » Examples of

Genesis 23:20

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.

Ruth 4:7-8

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.

1 Kings 5:8-11

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.

Business life » Contracts » Binding force of

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak according to man; Although a man's covenant, having been confirmed, none annuls, or orders an addition.

Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak according to man; Although a man's covenant, having been confirmed, none annuls, or orders an addition.

Exodus 21:2-6

If thou shalt buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve: and in the seventh he shall go forth free gratuitously. If he shall come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he possessed a wife, and his wife shall go forth with him. If his lord shall give to hint a wife, and she brought to him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be to her lord, and he shall go forth by himself. read more.
And if saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth free: And his lord brought him near to God, and he brought him near to the door, or to the door-post, and his lord pierced his ear with an awl; and he served him forever.

Leviticus 6:1-2

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, 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;

Leviticus 6:4-7

And it was when he shall sin and being guilty, and he turned back the robbery which he robbed, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was deposited with him, or the lost thing which he found, Or from all which he shall swear upon it for falsehood; and he recompensed it in its head, and he shall add its fifth part upon it, and he shall give it to whom it is to him, in the day of his trespass. And he shall bring his trespass to Jehovah, a blameless ram from the sheep by thy estimation, for the trespass, to the priest read more.
And the priest expiated for him before Jehovah; and it was forgiven to him for one from all which he shall do for being guilty in it.

Joshua 9:3-9

And the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and to Ai. And they will do in guile, and will go and will lay snares, and will take sacking worn out, for their asses, and leather sacks of wine worn out, and being rent and bound up; And shoes worn out and mended, upon their feet, and garments worn out upon them; and all the bread of their food dry; it was crumbs. read more.
And they will come to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and will say to him and to the men of Israel, From a land far off we came: and now cut out to us a covenant. And the men of Israel will say to the Hivite, Perhaps thou shalt dwell in the midst of me, and I shall not make a covenant to thee. And they will say to Joshua, We thy servants. And Joshua will say to them, Who are ye? and from whence will ye come? And they will say to him, From a land very far off thy servants came, for the name of Jehovah thy God; for we heard his fame and all that he did in Egypt

Contracts » Examples of

Genesis 23:20

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.

Ruth 4:7-8

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.

1 Kings 5:8-11

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.

Contracts » By oaths

Genesis 26:3

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed will I give all these lands; and I established the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father.

Genesis 26:31

And they will rise early in the morning, and they will swear, a man to his brother, and Isaak will send them away and they will go from him in peace.

Joshua 9:15

And Joshua will make peace to them, and will cut out to them a covenant to preserve them alive: and the chiefs of the assembly sware to them.

Joshua 9:20

This we will do to them, and preserve them alive; and anger shall not be upon us for the oath that we sware to them.

1 Chronicles 16:16

Which he cut out with Abraham, and his oath to Isaak.

More verses: Hebrews 6:16-17

Contracts » By joining hands

Proverbs 17:18

A man wanting heart will strike the hand, pledging a pledge before his friend.

Proverbs 22:26

Thou shalt not be with those striking the hand with those pledging for debts.

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if thou becamest surety for thy friend, thou didst strike thy hands for a stranger;

Proverbs 11:21

Hand to hand, the evil one shall not be unpunished: and the seed of the just were delivered.

Ezekiel 17:18

And he despised the oath to break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand, and doing all these he shall not escape.

Contracts » Modes of ratifying » By giving presents

Genesis 21:25-30

And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force. And Abimelech will say, I knew not who did this thing; and also thou didst not announce to me, and also I heard not except this day. And Abraham will take sheep and oxen, and give to Abimelech; and they two made a covenant read more.
And Abraham set, seven ewe lambs of the sheep alone. And Abimelech will say to Abraham, What here these seven ewe lambs which thou didst set alone? And he will say, For the seven ewe lambs thou shalt take from my hand, in order to be to me for a testimony that I dug this well.

1 Samuel 18:4

And Jonathan will strip off the upper garment which is upon him and will give it to David, and his garments, and even to his sword, and even to his bow, and even to his girdle.

Contracts » By consummating in the presence of the public at the gate of the city

Genesis 23:18

To Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, with all going to the gate of his city.

Ruth 4:1-2

And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there: and behold, the blood relation whom Boaz spake of, passing by; and he will say, Turn aside, sit down here; thou such a one. And he will turn aside, and sit down. And he will take ten men from the old men of the citv, and he will say, Sit ye down here. And they will sit down.

Contracts » First contract between laban and jacob for laban's daughter

Genesis 29:15-20

And Laban will say to Jacob, Because thou art my brother shalt thou serve me gratuitously? announce to me what thy reward. And to Laban two daughters: the name to the great, Leah; and the name to the small, Rachel. And the eyes of Leah weak, and Rachel was fair of form and fair of look. read more.
And Jacob will love Rachel, and will say, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy daughter the small. And Laban will say, Good for me to give her to thee rather than for me to give her to another man. Dwell with me. And Jacob will serve for Rachel seven years, and they will be in his eyes as a few days in his loving her.

Genesis 29:27-30

Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years. And Jacob will do so, and he will complete her seven, and he will give to him Rachel his daughter to him for a wife. And Laban will give to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his maid to her for a maid. read more.
And he will go in also to Rachel, and he will also love Rachel more than Leah, and he will serve with him yet other seven years.

Contracts » For cattle

Genesis 30:27-29

And Laban will say to him, If now I found grace in thine eyes, I prognosticated, and Jehovah will praise me because of thee. And he will say, Specify thy hire to me, and I will give. And he will say to him, Thou. knewest what I served thee, and what was thy cattle with me.

Genesis 30:31-34

And he will say, What shall I give to thee? and Jacob will say, Thou shalt not give to me anything. If thou wilt do to me this word, I will return; I will feed thy sheep; I will watch. I will pass over among all thy sheep this day, removing from thence every sheep speckled and patched, and every sheep black among the lambs; and the patched and speckled among the she-goats; and it shall be my hire. And my justice shall speak for me in the day tomorrow, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one which is not speckled and patched among the she-goats and black among the lambs, that to be stolen with me. read more.
And Laban will say to him, Behold, it shall be according to thy word.

Contracts » Violated

Genesis 30:37-43

And Jacob will take to himself a rod of green storax, and the almond tree, and the plane tree, and he will strip off of them the white strippings, uncovering the white which was upon the rods. And he set the rods which he stripped, in the flowings of channels of water, when the flock shall come to drink, before the sheep, and they shall be in heat in coming to drink. And the sheep shall conceive at the rods, and shall bring forth sheep banded and speckled and patched. read more.
And Jacob separated the lambs, and he will give the faces of the sheep to the banded and every one black among the sheep of Laban: and he will set to himself the flocks, to himself alone, and not put them with Laban's sheep. And it was in every one conceiving of the strong sheep, and Jacob put the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the floorings, to conceive among the rods. And in the sheep being feeble, he will not put in: and those being feeble, were to Laban, and those being strong, to Jacob. And the man will break forth greatly, greatly; and there will be to him many sheep and maids, and servants, and camels and asses.

Genesis 29:23-27

And it will be in the evening, and he will take Leah his daughter, and bring her to him, and he will go in to her. And Laban will give to her, Zilpah his maid, to Leah his daughter a maid. And it will be in the morning, and behold, she was Leak And he will say to Laban, What this thou didst to me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? and wherefore didst thou deceive me? read more.
And Laban will say, It shall not be done so in our place, to give the small before the first-born. Complete her seven, and we will give to thee also this for work which thou shalt work with me yet other seven years.

Genesis 26:15

And all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with dust

Contracts » Between solomon and hiram

1 Kings 9:11

(Hiram, king of Tyre, aided Solomon in woods of cedars and in woods of cypresses, and in gold to all his desire) then king Solomon will give Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

1 Kings 5:9-11

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. 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.

Contracts » Binding force of

Galatians 3:15

Brethren, I speak according to man; Although a man's covenant, having been confirmed, none annuls, or orders an addition.

Contracts » Between abraham and abimelech, concerning wells of water

Genesis 21:25-32

And Abraham rebuked Abimelech on account of the well of waters which Abimelech's servants took away by force. And Abimelech will say, I knew not who did this thing; and also thou didst not announce to me, and also I heard not except this day. And Abraham will take sheep and oxen, and give to Abimelech; and they two made a covenant read more.
And Abraham set, seven ewe lambs of the sheep alone. And Abimelech will say to Abraham, What here these seven ewe lambs which thou didst set alone? And he will say, For the seven ewe lambs thou shalt take from my hand, in order to be to me for a testimony that I dug this well. For this he called that place, The well of the oath, for there they two aware. And they will make a covenant, at the well of the oath, and Abimelech will rise up, and Phicol, the leader of his army, and they will turn back to the land of the Philistines,

Contracts » By erecting a heap of stones

Genesis 31:44-54

Now come thou we will make a covenant, I and thou; and it was for witness between me and between thee. And Jacob will take a stone and raise up a pillar. And Jacob will say to his brethren, Gather stones; and they will take stones and make a heap; and they will eat there upon the heap. read more.
And Laban will call it the heap of testimony, and Jacob called it the heap of witness. And Laban will say, This heap a witness between me and between thee this day, for this its name was called Gilead: And watchtower: for he said Jehovah will watch between me and between thee when we shall be concealed a man from his Mend. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives to my daughters, no man is with us, seeing God a witness between me and between thee. And Laban will say to Jacob, Behold this heap; and behold the pillar which I cast between me and between thee. A witness this heap, and a witness the pillar, if I will not pass over this heap to thee, and thou shalt not pass over to me, this heap and this pillar for evil. The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor shall judge between us, the God of their father: and Jacob will swear by the fear of his father Isaak. And Jacob will sacrifice a sacrifice upon the mount, and will call to his brethren to eat bread, and they will eat bread, and they will pass the night in the mount

Contracts » Second contract

Genesis 30:28-34

And he will say, Specify thy hire to me, and I will give. And he will say to him, Thou. knewest what I served thee, and what was thy cattle with me. For little which was to thee before me, and it will break forth into a multitude; and Jehovah will praise thee at my foot: and now when shall I make to myself a house? read more.
And he will say, What shall I give to thee? and Jacob will say, Thou shalt not give to me anything. If thou wilt do to me this word, I will return; I will feed thy sheep; I will watch. I will pass over among all thy sheep this day, removing from thence every sheep speckled and patched, and every sheep black among the lambs; and the patched and speckled among the she-goats; and it shall be my hire. And my justice shall speak for me in the day tomorrow, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one which is not speckled and patched among the she-goats and black among the lambs, that to be stolen with me. And Laban will say to him, Behold, it shall be according to thy word.

Contracts » Dissolved » By blotting out

Colossians 2:14

Having wiped out the handwriting against us in enactments, which was opposed to us, and he has taken it from the midst, having nailed it to his cross

Contracts » By taking off the shoe

Ruth 4:6-8

And the near relative will say, I shall not be able to redeem for me, lest I shall destroy my inheritance: redeem to thyself; thou the near relative: for I shall not be able to redeem. 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.

Contracts » With salt

Numbers 18:19

All the offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel shall lift up to Jehovah, I gave to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, for a law forever: it a covenant of salt forever before Jehovah to thee, and to thy seed with thee.

Contracts » Dissolved » By mutual consent

Exodus 4:18

And Moses will go and turn back to Jethro his father-in-law, and will say to him, I will go now and turn back to my brethren which are in Egypt, and I will see whether they are yet living. And Jethro will say to Moses, Go in peace.

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