Dictionary of Bible Themes Fair business transactions are essential to distribute the benefits of God's goodness between individuals and nations. Scripture insists on honesty in trade and warns against abuses. Leviticus 25:14Trade in ancient Israel 2 Kings 4:7; 7:1Nehemiah 3:31-32 Land transactions required the approval of the ruler of the state Proverbs 31:13-18,24Zephaniah 1:11 The good wife's trade: Matthew 21:12pp Mk 11:15-16 pp Lk 19:45 pp Jn 2:14-16 trade in Jerusalem in Jesus Christ's day 1 Kings 9:26-28International trade Under Solomon See also 1 Kings 10:14-15pp 2Ch 8:17-18 1 Kings 10:28-29pp 2Ch 9:13-14 Transit taxes were imposed on inter-state trade. Also some taxes were owed to the state by merchants for some kinds of trade 2 Chronicles 9:21Songs 3:6-7 pp 2Ch 1:16-17 1 Kings 22:48Under Jehoshaphat pp 2Ch 20:35-37 Psalms 107:23Soon afterwards the port of Ezion Geber passed back into the hands of Edom (see 2Ki 8:20). In the Psalms Genesis 23:16Trade among the nations Hittites Genesis 34:10,21Shechemites Genesis 37:25Ishmaelites See also Genesis 37:28Midianites Genesis 42:34Isaiah 45:14 Egypt Job 6:19Jeremiah 6:20 Sheba 1 Kings 20:34Damascus Isaiah 23:8See also Tyre and the surrounding nations Ezekiel 27:1-36Ezekiel 38:13 Jonah 1:3-5 Tarshish Nahum 3:16Nineveh Ezekiel 16:29; 17:4Ancient Babylon Revelation 18:9-24See also Babylon the Great Revelation 18:2-3Leviticus 19:35-36 Honesty is essential in trade See also Deuteronomy 25:13-16Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10,23 Amos 8:4-5 Warnings against abuses in trade See also Dishonesty Ezekiel 28:18Hosea 12:7 Micah 6:10-11 Job 20:18-19 Ezekiel 28:16 Oppression James 4:13-16Overconfidence Ezekiel 28:5See also Pride Isaiah 2:12,16; 23:17-18Nehemiah 10:31; 13:15-22 Sabbath trading Genesis 37:26-28,36; 39:1Amos 2:6; 8:6 The slave trade 1 Timothy 1:10Revelation 18:13 John 2:14-16 Sacrilegious trade Joel 3:3Immoral trade Matthew 13:45-46The imagery of trade applied to spiritual matters See also Proverbs 23:23Matthew 25:14-18 Luke 19:13 1 Corinthians 6:20 See also 5242 buying & selling5310 exploitation 5361 justice, human 5403 masons 5408 messenger 5434 officer 5513 sceptre 5518 seal 5615 weights 7428 Sabbath 8275 honesty 8714 dishonesty |
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