Bible verses about "contracts" | Bishops

⁹ My seruauntes shall bring them from Libanon to the sea, and I wyl conuey them by sea in flootes vnto the place that thou shalt shew me, and wil cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receaue them: and thou shalt do me a pleasure againe, if thou minister foode for myne house ¹⁰ Aud so Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar trees and firre trees according to all his desyre ¹¹ And Solomon gaue Hiram twentie thousand quarters of wheate for foode to his housholde, and twentie buts of pure oyle: Thus much gaue Solomon to Hiram yere by yere

¹⁸ For seeing he hath despised the othe and broken the couenaunt, (wheras he yet gaue his hande therevpon) and done all these thinges, he shall not escape

¹⁷ Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, [not only before God, but also] in the syght of all men ¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men ¹⁹ Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is written: Uengeaunce is myne, I wyll repay sayth the Lorde ²⁰ Therfore, yf thyne enemie hunger, feede hym: yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doyng, thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head ²¹ Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good

¹⁶ For men veryly sweare by the greater, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe

⁹ Lye not one to another, seyng that ye haue put of ye olde man with his workes ¹⁰ Hauyng put on the newe man, which is renued into the knowledge after the image of hym that made hym

⁴⁴ Nowe therfore come on, and let vs make a league I and thou, which may be a wytnesse betwene me and thee ⁴⁵ Then toke Iacob a stone, and set it vp on ende ⁴⁶ And Iacob sayde vnto his brethren: gather stones. And they toke stones, and made an heape: and they dyd eate there vpon the heape ⁴⁷ And Laban called it Iegar Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed ⁴⁸ Then saide Laban: this heape is witnesse betwene thee and me this day, therfore it is called Galeed ⁴⁹ And Mispah: for he said, the Lord loke betwene thee and me when we are departed one from another ⁵⁰ If thou shalt vexe my daughters, or shalt take other wyues beside my daughters: here is no man with vs, beholde, God [is] wytnesse betwixt me and thee ⁵¹ And Laban sayde moreouer to Iacob: beholde this heape, and this stone set vp on ende, whiche I haue layde betwixt me and thee ⁵² This heape be witnesse, and also this stone set vp on ende, that I wyll not come ouer this heape to thee, and thou shalt not come ouer this heape and this stone set vp on ende vnto me, to do any harme ⁵³ The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, and the God of theyr father, be iudge betwixt vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of his father Isahac ⁵⁴ Then Iacob dyd sacrifice vpon the mounte, and called his brethren to eate bread: and they did eate bread, and taryed all nyght in the hyll

² If a soule sinne and trespasse agaynst the Lorde, and denie vnto his neyghbour that which was taken him to kepe, or that was put into his hands, or doth violent robberie or wrong vnto his neyghbour

² If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth

¹⁵ And Iosuah made peace which the, and made a couenaunt with them, that they shulde be suffered to liue: And the princes of the congregation sware vnto them

¹⁶ These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth ¹⁷ A proude loke, a lying tongue, handes that shed innocent blood ¹⁸ An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe ¹⁹ A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren

¹⁰ And I writ it in a booke, and sealed it, and toke witnesses, and wayed hym there the money vpon the waightes ¹¹ So I toke the euidence with the copie, when it was orderly sealed, and read it ouer ¹² And I gaue the euidence to Baruch the sonne of Neriah, the sonne of Maasiah, in the sight of Hananeel my cosin, and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euidence, and before all the Iewes that were thereby in the court of the pryson ¹³ I charged Baruch also before them, saying ¹⁴ The Lord of hoastes, the God of Israel commaundeth [thee] to take this sealed euidence with the copie, and to lay it in the earthen vessell, that it may long continue ¹⁵ For the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel hath determined, that houses, fieldes, and vineyardes shalbe possessed agayne in this lande

³⁷ But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euyll

¹⁴ And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst vs, and that hath he taken out of the way, fastenyng it to his crosse

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes

¹⁷ Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth

¹⁵ Brethren, I speake after ye maner of men: Though it be but a mans testamet, yet if it be alowed, no man reiecteth it, or addeth therto