Bible verses about "contracts" | Wycliffe

⁹ My seruauntis schulen putte doun tho trees fro the Liban to the see, and Y schal araye tho trees in schippis in the see, `til to the place which thou schalt signyfie to me; and Y schal dresse tho there, that thou take tho; and thou schalt yyue necessaries to me, that mete be youun to myn hows. <sup>10</sup> Therfor Hiram yaf to Salomon `trees of cedres, and `trees of beechis, bi al his wille; ¹¹ forsothe Salomon yaf to Hiram twenti thousynde chorus of wheete, in to meete to his hows, and twenti chorus of pureste oile; Salomon yaf these thingis to Hiram bi alle yeeris.

¹⁸ For he dispiside the ooth, that he schulde breke the boond of pees, and lo! he yaf his hond; and whanne he hath do alle these thingis, he schal not ascape.

⁹ Nyle ye lie togidere; spuyle ye you fro the elde man with his dedes, and clothe ye the newe man, ¹⁰ that is maad newe ayen in to the knowing of God, aftir the ymage of hym that made hym;

¹⁷ to no man yeldynge yuel for yuel, but purueye ye good thingis, not oneli bifor God, but also bifor alle men. ¹⁸ If it may be don, that that is of you, haue ye pees with alle men. ¹⁹ Ye moost dere britheren, not defendynge you silf, but yyue ye place to wraththe; for it is writun, The Lord seith, To me veniaunce, and Y schal yelde. ²⁰ But if thin enemy hungrith, fede thou hym; if he thirstith, yyue thou drynke to hym; for thou doynge this thing schalt gidere togidere colis on his heed. ²¹ Nyle thou be ouercomun of yuel, but ouercome thou yuel bi good.

¹⁶ For men sweren bi a grettere than hem silf, and the ende of al her ple is an ooth to confirmacioun.

⁴⁴ Therfor come thou, and make we boond of pees, that it be witnessyng bitwixe me, and thee. ⁴⁵ And so Jacob took a stoon, and reiside it in to a signe, and seide to hise britheren, ⁴⁶ Brynge ye stoonus; whiche gadriden, and maden an heep, and eten on it. ⁴⁷ And Laban clepide it the heep of wittnesse, and Jacob clepide it the heep of witnessyng; euer eithir clepide bi the proprete of his langage. ⁴⁸ And Laban seide, This heep schal be witnesse bytwixe me and thee to day, and herfor the name therof was clepid Galaad, that is, the heep of witnesse. ⁴⁹ And Laban addide, The Lord biholde, and deme bitwixe vs, whanne we schulen go awei fro yow; ⁵⁰ if thou schalt turmente my douytris, and if thou schal brynge yn othere wyues on hem, noon is witnesse of oure word, outakun God, whiche is present, and biholdith. ⁵¹ And eft he seide to Jacob, Lo! this heep, and stoon, whiche Y reiside bitwixe me and thee, schal be witnesse; ⁵² sotheli this heep, and stoon be in to witnessyng, forsothe if Y schal passe it, and go to thee, ether thou shalt passe, and thenke yuel to me. ⁵³ God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, God of the fadir of hem, deme bitwixe vs. Therfor Jacob swoor by the drede of his fadir Ysaac; ⁵⁴ and whanne slayn sacrifices weren offrid in the hil, he clepyde his britheren to ete breed, and whanne thei hadden ete, thei dwelliden there.

² and seide, A soule that synneth, and dispisith the Lord, and denyeth to his neiybore a thing bitakun to kepyng, that was bitakun to his feith, ethir takith maisterfuli a thing bi violence, ether makith fals chaleng,

² And he spak to the princes of the lynagis of the sones of Israel, This is the word, which the Lord comaundide, If ony of men makith a vowe to the Lord,

¹⁵ And Josue made pees with hem. And whanne the boond of pees was maad, he bihiyte, that thei schulden not be slayn; and the princes of the multitude sworen to hem.

¹⁶ Sixe thingis ben, whyche the Lord hatith; and hise soule cursith the seuenthe thing. ¹⁷ Hiye iyen, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent blood, ¹⁸ an herte ymagynynge worste thouytis, feet swifte to renne in to yuel, ¹⁹ a man bringynge forth lesingis, a fals witnesse; and him that sowith discordis among britheren.

¹⁰ and Y wroot in a book, and Y seelide, and Y yaf witnessis. And Y weiede siluer in a balaunce; ¹¹ and Y took the book aseelid of possessioun, and axingis and answerys of the seller and bier, and couenauntis, and seelis withoutforth. ¹² And Y yaf the book of possessioun to Baruc, the sone of Neri, sone of Maasie, bifore the iyen of Ananeel, the sone of my fadris brother, and bifore the iyen of witnessis that weren writun in the book of biyng, bifore the iyen of alle Jewis, that saten in the porche of the prisoun. ¹³ And Y comaundide to Baruc bifore hem, ¹⁴ and Y seide, The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Take thou these bookis, this seelid book of biyng, and this book which is opyn, and putte thou tho in an erthen vessel, that tho moun dwelle bi many daies. ¹⁵ For whi the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Yit housis, and feeldis, and vynes schulen be weldid in this lond.

³⁷ but be youre word, Yhe, yhe; Nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of yuel.

¹⁴ foryyuynge to you alle giltis, doynge awei that writing of decre that was ayens vs, that was contrarie to vs; and he took awei that fro the myddil, pitchinge it on the cros;

²⁶ Nyle thou be with hem that oblischen her hondis, and that proferen hem silf borewis for dettis; for if he hath not wherof he schal restore,

¹⁷ In which thing God willynge to schewe plenteuouslier to the eiris of his biheest the sadnesse of his counsel,

¹⁵ Britheren, Y seie aftir man, no man dispisith the testament of a man that is confermed, or ordeyneth aboue.