Bible Verses about “contracts”

“There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:”

“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;”

“a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.”

“a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,”

“But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.”

“When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.”

“wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;”

“Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.”

“"If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,”

“In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;”

“For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.”

“and Mizpah, for he said, "Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.”

“Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.”

“Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.”

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

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

“Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.”

“Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.”

“Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed”

“If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you."”

“Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.”

“May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.”

“The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.”

“Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.”

“I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.”

“So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;”

“and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.”

“I commanded Baruch before them, saying,”

“Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.”

“For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land.”