Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5242 buying and selling Buying and selling are an integral part of the everyday life of the world. Scripture makes it clear that God expects moral dealings by his people in this area of life as in every other. Some biblical transactions The first recorded transaction Genesis 23:3-4 Many other transactions had obviously taken place before this, from the earliest times. Transactions in land See also Genesis 47:20-22; Ruth 4:3; Proverbs 31:16; Jeremiah 32:9-10; Matthew 27:7; Luke 14:18; Acts 4:34 Buying animals Buying food and drink Genesis 41:57; Deuteronomy 2:28; John 6:5; John 13:29; Revelation 6:6 Transactions in other goods Buying of slaves Genesis 17:12; Exodus 21:2; Leviticus 25:44-45; Hosea 3:1-2 The labour market Leviticus 25:39-40; Matthew 20:1-2 God's standards in buying and selling Fairness Genesis 23:5-13; 2 Samuel 24:24 Honesty Leviticus 19:35-36 See also Genesis 23:14-16; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10,23 Sins to avoid in buying and selling Dishonesty Proverbs 20:14; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:10-11 Greed Exploitation Leviticus 25:14 See also Lamentations 5:4; Amos 8:6 Extravagance Desecration of the Sabbath Nehemiah 10:31; Nehemiah 13:15-22; Amos 8:5 Desecration of the temple Matthew 21:12-13 pp Mark 11:15-17 pp Luke 19:45-46 The merchants were operating within the outer court of the temple, itself consecrated as a place of prayer and worship. See also John 2:14-16 Worldliness Ezekiel 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; James 4:13 Oppression through the control of buying and selling Spiritual transactions Sinners sold to sin See also 1 Kings 21:20; Romans 7:14 Israel sold and redeemed Judges 2:14; Psalm 44:12; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 52:3 Jesus Christ has bought his people Acts 20:28 See also 1 Corinthians 6:20; Corinthians 7:23; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2 Peter 2:1 Spiritual wealth to be bought Proverbs 23:23 See also Isaiah 55:1; Matthew 13:44-46; Matthew 25:9; Revelation 3:18 Gifts money cannot buy Job 28:12-19; Psalm 49:7-8; Mark 8:37; Acts 8:20 See also
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