'Buying' in the Bible
and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh.
Boaz continued, "On the very day you buy the field from Naomi, you're also "buying" Ruth the Moabite woman, the wife of her dead husband, so the family name may be continued as an inheritance."
Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 20 ounces of silver.
and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
including paying the carpenters, builders, and masons, as well as buying timber and pre-carved stone to repair the Temple.
King David replied to Ornan, "No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.
I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word.
Why does a fool have money in his handwith no intention of buying wisdom?
Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures,Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying but then he brags as he walks away after the sale.
buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'
The ones buying them kill them and go unpunished, and the ones selling them say, 'Blessed [be] Yahweh, for I have become rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
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- Bribe (29 instances)
- Buy (83 instances)
- Buying (23 instances)
- Corrupt (70 instances)
- Purchase (47 instances)
- Purchasing (3 instances)
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