Contracts
20 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
10 sections
- Between Abraham and Abimelech, Concerning Wells of Water
- Between Solomon and Hiram
- Dissolved by Blotting Out
- Dissolved by Mutual Consent
- First Contract Between Laban and Jacob for Laban's Daughter
- Modes of Ratifying by Giving Presents
- Scriptures Illustrative of the Binding Force of
- Second Contract
- Violated
- Written Instrument
Between Abraham and Abimelech, Concerning Wells of Water
- Genesis 21:25–32 But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized, …
Between Solomon and Hiram
- 1 Kings 5:9–11 My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by …
- 1 Kings 9:11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
Dissolved by Blotting Out
- Colossians 2:14 having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!
Dissolved by Mutual Consent
- Exodus 4:18 Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
First Contract Between Laban and Jacob for Laban's Daughter
- Genesis 29:15–20 Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.” …
- Genesis 29:27–30 Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.” …
Modes of Ratifying by Giving Presents
- Genesis 21:25–30 But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized, …
- 1 Samuel 18:4 And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
Scriptures Illustrative of the Binding Force of
- Exodus 21:2–6 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. …
- Leviticus 6:1–2 And the LORD said to Moses, …
- Leviticus 6:4–7 once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, …
- Joshua 9:3–9 But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, …
- Joshua 9:15–16 And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. …
- Joshua 9:18–27 But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders. …
- Matthew 20:1–16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. …
- Galatians 3:15 Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
Second Contract
- Genesis 30:28–34 And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.” …
Violated
- Genesis 30:37–43 Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches. …
- Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Written Instrument
- Jeremiah 32:10–15 I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. …
Related topics
Contracts by OathsContracts by Joining HandsContracts by Consummating in the Presence of the Public at the Gate of the CityContracts for CattleContracts by Erecting a Heap of StonesContracts by Taking off the Shoe
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.