Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5587 trade

5587 trade

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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.

Trade in ancient Israel

Leviticus 25:14 Land transactions required the approval of the ruler of the state; 2 Kings 4:7; Kings 7:1; Nehemiah 3:31-32

The good wife's trade:

Proverbs 31:13-18,24 Zephaniah 1:11; Matthew 21:12 pp Mark 11:15-16 pp Luke 19:45 pp John 2:14-16 trade in Jerusalem in Jesus Christ's day

International trade

Under Solomon

1 Kings 9:26-28 pp 2 Chronicles 8:17-18 See also 1 Kings 10:14-15 pp 2 Chronicles 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; 1 Kings 10:28-29 pp 2 Chronicles 1:16-17; 2 Chronicles 9:21; Songs 3:6-7

Under Jehoshaphat

1 Kings 22:48 pp 2 Chronicles 20:35-37 Soon afterwards the port of Ezion Geber passed back into the hands of Edom (see 2Ki 8:20).

In the Psalms

Psalm 107:23

Trade among the nations

Hittites

Genesis 23:16

Shechemites

Genesis 34:10,21

Ishmaelites

Genesis 37:25

Midianites

See also Genesis 37:28

Egypt

Genesis 42:34; Isaiah 45:14

Sheba

Job 6:19; Jeremiah 6:20

Damascus

1 Kings 20:34

Tyre and the surrounding nations

Isaiah 23:8 See also Ezekiel 27:1-36

Tarshish

Ezekiel 38:13; Jonah 1:3-5

Nineveh

Nahum 3:16

Ancient Babylon

Ezekiel 16:29; Ezekiel 17:4

Babylon the Great

Revelation 18:9-24 See also Revelation 18:2-3

Honesty is essential in trade

Leviticus 19:35-36 See also Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10,23

Warnings against abuses in trade

Dishonesty

Oppression

Job 20:18-19; Ezekiel 28:16

Overconfidence

James 4:13-16

Pride

Ezekiel 28:5 See also Isaiah 2:12,16; Isaiah 23:17-18

Sabbath trading

Nehemiah 10:31; Nehemiah 13:15-22

The slave trade

Genesis 37:26-28,36; Genesis 39:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:6; 1 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 18:13

Sacrilegious trade

John 2:14-16

Immoral trade

Joel 3:3

The imagery of trade applied to spiritual matters

Matthew 13:45-46 See also Proverbs 23:23; Matthew 25:14-18; Luke 19:13; 1 Corinthians 6:20