Dictionary of Bible Themes 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. Genesis 23:3-4Some biblical transactions The first recorded transaction See also Many other transactions had obviously taken place before this, from the earliest times. Genesis 47:20-22Transactions in land Ruth 4:3Proverbs 31:16 Jeremiah 32:9-10 Matthew 27:7 Luke 14:18 Acts 4:34 Luke 14:19 Buying animals Genesis 41:57Deuteronomy 2:28 Buying food and drink John 6:5; 13:29Revelation 6:6 Revelation 18:11-13 Transactions in other goods Genesis 17:12Exodus 21:2 Buying of slaves Leviticus 25:44-45Hosea 3:1-2 Leviticus 25:39-40 Matthew 20:1-2 The labour market Genesis 23:5-13God's standards in buying and selling 2 Samuel 24:24Fairness Leviticus 19:35-36See also Honesty Genesis 23:14-16Deuteronomy 25:13-16 Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10,23 Proverbs 20:14 Sins to avoid in buying and selling Amos 8:5Dishonesty Micah 6:10-11Proverbs 11:26 Greed Leviticus 25:14See also Exploitation Lamentations 5:4Amos 8:6 Luke 15:13 Extravagance Nehemiah 10:31; 13:15-22Amos 8:5 Desecration of the Sabbath Matthew 21:12-13Desecration of the temple pp Mk 11:15-17 See also pp Lk 19:45-46 John 2:14-16The merchants were operating within the outer court of the temple, itself consecrated as a place of prayer and worship. Ezekiel 7:121 Corinthians 7:29-31 Worldliness James 4:13Revelation 13:16-17 Oppression through the control of buying and selling See also Spiritual transactions 1 Kings 21:20Sinners sold to sin Romans 7:14Judges 2:14 Psalms 44:12 Israel sold and redeemed Isaiah 43:1; 50:1; 52:3Acts 20:28 See also Jesus Christ has bought his people 1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:231 Peter 1:18-19 2 Peter 2:1 Proverbs 23:23 See also Spiritual wealth to be bought Isaiah 55:1Matthew 13:44-46; 25:9 Revelation 3:18 Job 28:12-19 Psalms 49:7-8 Gifts money cannot buy Mark 8:37Acts 8:20 See also 5310 exploitation5338 holiday 5403 masons 5407 merchants 5412 money 5587 trade 5603 wages 5613 weights & measures 5913 negotiation 6723 redemption, NT 7446 slavery 8275 honesty |
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