Bible Quotes About Contracts

“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.”

“Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.”

“Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;”

“For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.”

“And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.”

“And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?”

“And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.”

“Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.”

“And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.”

“And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.”

“And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.”

“And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:”

“I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.”

“So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. in time: Heb. to morrow”

“And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.”

“And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.”

“And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.”

“Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.”

“And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. Jethro: Heb. Jether”

“If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.”

“If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married , then his wife shall go out with him. by himself: Heb. with his body”

“If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.”

“And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: shall: Heb. saying shall say”

“Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.”

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,”

“If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship , or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; in fellowship: or, in dealing fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand”

“Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,”

“Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. in the day: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass”

“And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:”

“And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.”

“All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.”

“If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. break: Heb. profane”

“And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,”

“They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;”

“And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.”

“And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.”

“And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?”

“And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?”

“And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,”

“And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.”

“And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.”

“And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.”

“But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.”

“This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.”

“And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.”

“And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?”

“Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. none: Heb. not be cut off from you”

“And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.”

“And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.”

“And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.”

“And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be”

“Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.”

“And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.”

“And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.”

“My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. appoint: Heb. send”

“So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.”

“And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. measures: Heb. cors”

“My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,”

“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul”

“Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.”

“A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. understanding: Heb. heart”

“Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.”

“And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. subscribed: Heb. wrote in the book”

“Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.”

“But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”

“For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.”

“And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. penny: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence halfpenny; about fourteen cents”

“And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,”

“And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.”

“Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.”

“And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?”

“They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.”

“So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.”

“And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.”

“But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.”

“And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,”

“Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. have wrought: or, have continued one hour only”

“But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?”

“Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.”

“Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?”

“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.”

“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. covenant: or, testament”

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

“For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.”

“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: confirmed: Gr. interposed himself by”