Bible Verses about “contracts”

“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:”

“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”

“A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”

“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”

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

“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.”

“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;”

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

“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;”

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

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

“And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.”

“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.”

“¶ 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.”

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

“And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.”

“And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.”

“And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.”

“And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;”

“If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee.”

“And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold [this] pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;”

“This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.”

“The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.”

“Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.”

“And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.”

“So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:”

“And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.”

“And I charged Baruch before them, saying,”

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.”

“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”