Verse 31

and if the peoples{H5971} of the land{H776} bring{H935} wares{H4728} or any grain{H7668} on the sabbath{H7676} day{H3117} to sell,{H4376} that we would not buy{H3947} of them on the sabbath,{H7676} or on a holy{H6944} day;{H3117} and that we would forego{H5203} the seventh{H7637} year,{H8141} and the exaction{H4853} of every debt.{H3027}

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 13:15-22 : 15 In those days{H3117} saw{H7200} I in Judah{H3063} some men treading{H1869} wine-presses{H1660} on the sabbath,{H7676} and bringing in{H935} sheaves,{H6194} and lading{H6006} asses{H2543} [therewith]; as also wine,{H3196} grapes,{H6025} and figs,{H8384} and all manner of burdens,{H4853} which they brought{H935} into Jerusalem{H3389} on the sabbath{H7676} day:{H3117} and I testified{H5749} [against them] in the day{H3117} wherein they sold{H4376} victuals.{H6718} 16 There dwelt{H3427} men of Tyre{H6876} also therein, who brought{H935} in fish,{H1709} and all manner of wares,{H4377} and sold{H4376} on the sabbath{H7676} unto the children{H1121} of Judah,{H3063} and in Jerusalem.{H3389} 17 Then I contended{H7378} with the nobles{H2715} of Judah,{H3063} and said{H559} unto them, What evil{H7451} thing{H1697} is this that ye do,{H6213} and profane{H2490} the sabbath{H7676} day?{H3117} 18 Did{H6213} not your fathers{H1} thus, and did{H935} not our God{H430} bring{H935} all this evil{H7451} upon us, and upon this city?{H5892} yet ye bring{H935} more{H3254} wrath{H2740} upon Israel{H3478} by profaning{H2490} the sabbath.{H7676} 19 And it came to pass that, when the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem{H3389} began to be dark{H6751} before{H6440} the sabbath,{H7676} I commanded{H559} that the doors{H1817} should be shut,{H5462} and commanded{H559} that they should not be opened{H6605} till after{H310} the sabbath:{H7676} and some of my servants{H5288} set{H5975} I over the gates,{H8179} that there should no burden{H4853} be brought in{H935} on the sabbath{H7676} day.{H3117} 20 So the merchants{H7402} and sellers{H4376} of all kind of wares{H4465} lodged{H3885} without{H2351} Jerusalem{H3389} once{H6471} or twice.{H8147} 21 Then I testified{H5749} against them, and said{H559} unto them, Why lodge{H3885} ye about{H5048} the wall?{H2346} if ye do so again,{H8138} I will lay{H7971} hands{H3027} on you. From that time{H6256} forth came{H935} they no more on the sabbath.{H7676} 22 And I commanded{H559} the Levites{H3881} that they should purify{H2891} themselves, and that they should come{H935} and keep{H8104} the gates,{H8179} to sanctify{H6942} the sabbath{H7676} day.{H3117} Remember{H2142} unto me, O my God,{H430} this also, and spare{H2347} me according to the greatness{H7230} of thy lovingkindness.{H2617}
  • Exod 23:10-11 : 10 And six{H8337} years{H8141} thou shalt sow{H2232} thy land,{H776} and shalt gather{H622} in the increase{H8393} thereof: 11 but the seventh{H7637} year thou shalt let it rest{H8058} and lie{H5203} fallow, that the poor{H34} of thy people{H5971} may eat:{H398} and what they leave{H3499} the beast{H2416} of the field{H7704} shall eat.{H398} In like manner thou shalt deal{H6213} with thy vineyard,{H3754} [and] with thy oliveyard.{H2132}
  • Exod 20:10 : 10 but the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} is a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} [in it] thou shalt not do{H6213} any work,{H4399} thou, nor thy son,{H1121} nor thy daughter,{H1323} thy man-servant,{H5650} nor thy maid-servant,{H519} nor thy cattle,{H929} nor thy stranger{H1616} that is within thy gates:{H8179}
  • Lev 23:3 : 3 Six{H8337} days{H3117} shall work{H4399} be done:{H6213} but on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} is a sabbath{H7676} of solemn rest,{H7677} a holy{H6944} convocation;{H4744} ye shall do{H6213} no manner of work:{H4399} it is a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah{H3068} in all your dwellings.{H4186}
  • Lev 23:21 : 21 And ye shall make proclamation{H7121} on the selfsame{H6106} day;{H3117} there shall be a holy{H6944} convocation{H4744} unto you; ye shall do{H6213} no servile{H5656} work:{H4399} it is a statute{H2708} for ever{H5769} in all your dwellings{H4186} throughout your generations.{H1755}
  • Lev 23:35-36 : 35 On the first{H7223} day{H3117} shall be a holy{H6944} convocation:{H4744} ye shall do{H6213} no servile{H5656} work.{H4399} 36 Seven{H7651} days{H3117} ye shall offer{H7126} an offering made by fire{H801} unto Jehovah:{H3068} on the eighth{H8066} day{H3117} shall be a holy{H6944} convocation{H4744} unto you; and ye shall offer{H7126} an offering made by fire{H801} unto Jehovah:{H3068} it is a solemn assembly;{H6116} ye shall do{H6213} no servile{H5656} work.{H4399}
  • Lev 25:1-7 : 1 And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses{H4872} in mount{H2022} Sinai,{H5514} saying,{H559} 2 Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, When ye come{H935} into the land{H776} which I give{H5414} you, then shall the land{H776} keep{H7673} a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 3 Six{H8337} years{H8141} thou shalt sow{H2232} thy field,{H7704} and six{H8337} years{H8141} thou shalt prune{H2168} thy vineyard,{H3754} and gather{H622} in the fruits{H8393} thereof; 4 but in the seventh{H7637} year{H8141} shall be a sabbath{H7676} of solemn rest{H7677} for the land,{H776} a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah:{H3068} thou shalt neither sow{H2232} thy field,{H7704} nor prune{H2168} thy vineyard.{H3754} 5 That which groweth of itself{H5599} of thy harvest{H7105} thou shalt not reap,{H7114} and the grapes{H6025} of thy undressed{H5139} vine thou shalt not gather:{H1219} it shall be a year{H8141} of solemn rest{H7677} for the land.{H776} 6 And the sabbath{H7676} of the land{H776} shall be for food{H402} for you; for thee, and for thy servant{H5650} and for thy maid,{H519} and for thy hired servant{H7916} and for thy stranger,{H8453} who sojourn{H1481} with thee. 7 And for thy cattle,{H929} and for the beasts{H2416} that are in thy land,{H776} shall all the increase{H8393} thereof be for food.{H398}
  • Deut 5:12-14 : 12 Observe{H8104} the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} to keep{H8104} it holy, as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commanded{H6680} thee. 13 Six{H8337} days{H3117} shalt thou labor,{H5647} and do{H6213} all thy work;{H4399} 14 but the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} is a sabbath{H7676} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God:{H430} [in it] thou shalt not do{H6213} any work,{H4399} thou, nor thy son,{H1121} nor thy daughter,{H1323} nor thy man-servant,{H5650} nor thy maid-servant,{H519} nor thine ox,{H7794} nor thine ass,{H2543} nor any of thy cattle,{H929} nor thy stranger{H1616} that is within thy gates;{H8179} that thy man-servant{H5650} and thy maid-servant{H519} may rest{H5117} as well as thou.
  • Deut 15:1-3 : 1 At the end{H7093} of every seven{H7651} years{H8141} thou shalt make{H6213} a release.{H8059} 2 And this is the manner{H1697} of the release:{H8059} every creditor{H4874} shall release{H8058} that which he hath lent{H5383} unto his neighbor;{H7453} he shall not exact{H5065} it of his neighbor{H7453} and his brother;{H251} because Jehovah's{H3068} release{H8059} hath been proclaimed.{H7121} 3 Of a foreigner{H5237} thou mayest exact{H5065} it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother{H251} thy hand{H3027} shall release.{H8058}
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be with thee a poor man,{H34} one{H259} of thy brethren,{H251} within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} in thy land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, thou shalt not harden{H553} thy heart,{H3824} nor shut{H7092} thy hand{H3027} from thy poor{H34} brother;{H251} 8 but thou shalt surely{H6605} open{H6605} thy hand{H3027} unto him, and shalt surely{H5670} lend{H5670} him sufficient{H1767} for his need{H4270} [in that] which he wanteth.{H2637} 9 Beware{H8104} that there be not a base{H1100} thought{H1697} in thy heart,{H3824} saying,{H559} The seventh{H7651} year,{H8141} the year{H8141} of release,{H8059} is at hand;{H7126} and thine eye{H5869} be evil{H7489} against thy poor{H34} brother,{H251} and thou give{H5414} him nought; and he cry{H7121} unto Jehovah{H3068} against thee, and it be sin{H2399} unto thee.
  • 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 to fulfil{H4390} the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah,{H3414} until the land{H776} had enjoyed{H7521} its sabbaths:{H7676} [for] as long as{H3117} it lay desolate{H8074} it kept sabbath,{H7673} to fulfil{H4390} threescore and ten{H7657} years.{H8141}
  • Neh 5:1-9 : 1 Then there arose a great{H1419} cry{H6818} of the people{H5971} and of their wives{H802} against their brethren{H251} the Jews.{H3064} 2 For there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We, our sons{H1121} and our daughters,{H1323} are many:{H7227} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} that we may eat{H398} and live.{H2421} 3 Some also there were{H3426} that said,{H559} We are mortgaging{H6148} our fields,{H7704} and our vineyards,{H3754} and our houses:{H1004} let us get{H3947} grain,{H1715} because of the dearth.{H7458} 4 There were{H3426} also that said,{H559} We have borrowed{H3867} money{H3701} for the king's{H4428} tribute{H4060} [upon] our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754} 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren,{H251} our children{H1121} as their children:{H1121} and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants,{H5650} and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought into bondage{H3533} [already]: neither is it in our power{H410} to help it; for other men{H312} have our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754} 6 And I was very{H3966} angry{H2734} when I heard{H8085} their cry{H2201} and these words.{H1697} 7 Then I consulted{H4427} with myself,{H3820} and contended{H7378} with the nobles{H2715} and the rulers,{H5461} and said{H559} unto them, Ye exact{H5383} usury,{H4855} every one{H376} of his brother.{H251} And I held{H5414} a great{H1419} assembly{H6952} against them. 8 And I said{H559} unto them, We after our ability{H1767} have redeemed{H7069} our brethren{H251} the Jews,{H3064} that were sold{H4376} unto the nations;{H1471} and would ye even sell{H4376} your brethren,{H251} and should they be sold{H4376} unto us? Then held they their peace,{H2790} and found{H4672} never{H1697} a word. 9 Also I said,{H559} The thing that{H1697} ye do{H6213} is not good:{H2896} ought ye not to walk{H3212} in the fear{H3374} of our God,{H430} because of the reproach{H2781} of the nations{H1471} our enemies?{H341} 10 And I likewise, my brethren{H251} and my servants,{H5288} do lend{H5383} them money{H3701} and grain.{H1715} I pray you, let us leave off{H5800} this usury.{H4855} 11 Restore,{H7725} I pray you, to them, even this day,{H3117} their fields,{H7704} their vineyards,{H3754} their oliveyards,{H2132} and their houses,{H1004} also the hundredth{H3967} part of the money,{H3701} and of the grain,{H1715} the new wine,{H8492} and the oil,{H3323} that ye exact{H5383} of them. 12 Then said{H559} they, We will restore{H7725} them, and will require{H1245} nothing of them; so will we do,{H6213} even as thou sayest.{H559} Then I called{H7121} the priests,{H3548} and took an oath{H7650} of them, that they would do{H6213} according to this promise.{H1697} 13 Also I shook{H5287} out my lap,{H2684} and said,{H559} So God{H430} shake out{H5287} every man{H376} from his house,{H1004} and from his labor,{H3018} that performeth{H6965} not this promise;{H1697} even thus be he shaken out,{H5287} and emptied.{H7386} And all the assembly{H6951} said,{H559} Amen,{H543} and praised{H1984} Jehovah.{H3068} And the people{H5971} did{H6213} according to this promise.{H1697}
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 Is not this the fast{H6685} that I have chosen:{H977} to loose{H6605} the bonds{H2784} of wickedness,{H7562} to undo{H5425} the bands{H92} of the yoke,{H4133} and to let the oppressed{H7533} go{H7971} free,{H2670} and that ye break{H5423} every yoke?{H4133}
  • Isa 58:13-14 : 13 If thou turn away{H7725} thy foot{H7272} from the sabbath,{H7676} from doing{H6213} thy pleasure{H2656} on my holy{H6944} day;{H3117} and call{H7121} the sabbath{H7676} a delight,{H6027} [and] the holy{H6918} of Jehovah{H3068} honorable;{H3513} and shalt honor{H3513} it, not doing{H6213} thine own ways,{H1870} nor finding{H4672} thine own pleasure,{H2656} nor speaking{H1696} [thine own] words:{H1697} 14 then shalt thou delight{H6026} thyself in Jehovah;{H3068} and I will make thee to ride{H7392} upon the high places{H1116} of the earth;{H776} and I will feed{H398} thee with the heritage{H5159} of Jacob{H3290} thy father:{H1} for the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.
  • Jer 17:21-22 : 21 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Take heed{H8104} to yourselves,{H5315} and bear{H5375} no burden{H4853} on the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} nor bring{H935} it in by the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem;{H3389} 22 neither carry forth{H3318} a burden{H4853} out of your houses{H1004} on the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} neither do{H6213} ye any work:{H4399} but hallow{H6942} ye the sabbath{H7676} day,{H3117} as I commanded{H6680} your fathers.{H1}
  • Matt 6:12 : 12 And{G2532} forgive{G863} us{G2254} our{G2257} debts,{G3783} as{G5613} we{G2249} also have{G2532} forgiven{G863} our{G2257} debtors.{G3781}
  • Matt 18:27-35 : 27 And{G1161} the lord{G2962} of{G1401} that{G1565} servant,{G1401} being moved with compassion,{G4697} released{G630} him,{G846} and{G2532} forgave{G863} him{G846} the debt.{G1156} 28 But{G1161} that{G1565} servant{G1401} went out,{G1831} and found{G2147} one{G1520} of{G4889} his{G846} fellow-servants,{G4889} who{G3739} owed{G3784} him{G846} a hundred{G1540} shillings:{G1220} and{G2532} he laid hold{G2902} on him,{G846} and{G2532} took [him]{G846} by the throat,{G4155} saying,{G3004} Pay{G591} what{G5100} you owe.{G3784} 29 So{G3767} his{G846} fellow-servant{G4889} fell down{G4098} and begged{G3870} him,{G846} saying,{G3004} Have patience{G3114} with{G1909} me,{G1698} and{G2532} I will pay{G591} you.{G4671} 30 And{G1161} he would{G2309} not:{G3756} but{G235} went and{G565} cast{G906} him{G846} into{G1519} prison,{G5438} until{G2193} he should pay{G591} that which was due.{G3784} 31 So{G1161} when{G1492} his{G846} fellow-servants{G4889} saw{G1492} what was done,{G1096} they were{G3076} exceedingly{G4970} sorry,{G3076} and{G2532} came{G2064} and told{G1285} unto{G2962} their{G846} lord{G2962} all{G3956} that was done.{G1096} 32 Then{G5119} his{G846} lord{G2962} called{G4341} him{G846} unto him,{G846} and says{G3004} to him,{G846} You{G1401} wicked{G4190} servant,{G1401} I forgave{G863} you{G4671} all{G3956} that{G1565} debt,{G3782} because{G1893} you besoughtest me:{G3165} 33 should{G1163} not{G3756} you{G4571} also{G2532} have had mercy{G1653} on{G4889} your{G4675} fellow-servant,{G4889} even{G2532} as{G5613} I{G1473} had mercy{G1653} on you?{G4571} 34 And{G2532} his{G846} lord{G2962} was angry,{G3710} and delivered{G3860} him{G846} to the tormentors,{G930} until{G2193} he should pay{G591} all{G3956} that was due.{G3784} 35 So{G3779} shall{G4160} also{G2532} my{G3450} heavenly{G2032} Father{G3962} do{G4160} unto you,{G5213} if{G1437} you{G863} forgive{G863} not{G3361} every one{G1538} his{G846} brother{G80} from{G575} your{G5216} hearts.{G2588}
  • Col 2:16 : 16 Let{G2919} no{G3361} man{G5100} therefore{G3767} judge{G2919} you{G5209} in{G1722} meat,{G1035} or{G2228} in{G1722} drink,{G4213} or{G2228} in{G1722} respect{G3313} of a feast day{G1859} or{G2228} a new moon{G3561} or{G2228} a sabbath{G4521} day:
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For{G1063} judgment{G2920} [is] without mercy{G448} to him{G4160} that hath showed{G4160} no{G3361} mercy:{G1656} {G2532} mercy{G1656} glorieth against{G2620} judgment.{G2920}
  • Exod 12:16 : 16 And in the first{H7223} day{H3117} there shall be to you a holy{H6944} convocation,{H4744} and in the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} a holy{H6944} convocation;{H4744} no manner of work{H4399} shall be done{H6213} in them, save{H389} that which every man{H5315} must eat,{H398} that only may be done{H6213} by you.
  • Lev 16:29 : 29 And it shall be a statute{H2708} for ever{H5769} unto you: in the seventh{H7637} month,{H2320} on the tenth{H6218} day of the month,{H2320} ye shall afflict{H6031} your souls,{H5315} and shall do{H6213} no manner of work,{H4399} the home-born,{H249} or the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} you: