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In the context of the Bible, the concept of "deals" can be understood as agreements, covenants, or transactions between individuals, groups, or between God and humanity. The Bible provides numerous examples and teachings regarding the nature and ethical considerations of making deals.

Old Testament Examples

1. Abraham and Ephron: One of the earliest recorded deals in the Bible is the transaction between Abraham and Ephron the Hittite for the purchase of the cave of Machpelah as a burial site for Sarah. This deal is detailed in Genesis 23:16, where Abraham weighs out the silver for Ephron in the presence of witnesses, highlighting the importance of transparency and fairness in transactions: "Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard current among the merchants."

2. Jacob and Esau: Another significant deal is the exchange between Jacob and Esau, where Esau sells his birthright to Jacob for a meal. This transaction, found in Genesis 25:31-34, underscores the gravity and long-term consequences of deals made in haste or under duress: "Jacob replied, 'First sell me your birthright.' 'Look,' said Esau, 'I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?' But Jacob said, 'Swear to me first.' So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob."

3. Solomon and Hiram: In 1 Kings 5, King Solomon makes a deal with Hiram, king of Tyre, to supply cedar and cypress timber for the construction of the temple. This agreement illustrates the importance of mutual benefit and cooperation in deals: "So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber he wanted, and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty thousand baths of pure olive oil. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year."

New Testament Teachings

1. Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: In Matthew 20:1-16, Jesus tells the parable of the workers in the vineyard, where the landowner makes deals with laborers for their wages. This parable highlights the themes of fairness, generosity, and the sovereignty of God in His dealings with humanity: "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.'"

2. Ananias and Sapphira: Acts 5:1-11 recounts the account of Ananias and Sapphira, who made a deceitful deal by withholding part of the proceeds from the sale of their property while claiming to donate the full amount to the apostles. This account serves as a warning against dishonesty and the consequences of deceitful dealings: "Then Peter said, 'Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?'"

Ethical Considerations

The Bible emphasizes integrity, honesty, and fairness in all dealings. Proverbs 11:1 states, "Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight." This underscores the importance of honesty and fairness in transactions. Additionally, Colossians 3:23-24 encourages believers to work heartily and with sincerity, as if working for the Lord: "Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

In summary, the Bible provides numerous examples and teachings on the nature of deals, emphasizing the importance of honesty, fairness, and integrity in all agreements and transactions.

Greek

4374. prosphero -- to bring to, ie to offer
... Word Origin from pros and phero Definition to bring to, ie to offer NASB Word Usage
bringing (2), brought (12), deals (1), get (1), make an offering (1), offer ...
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Strong's Hebrew

898. bagad -- to act or deal treacherously
... deceitfully (1), acted treacherously (2), betrayed (1), betrays (1), deal (1), deal
treacherously (10), deal very treacherously (1), deals treacherously (1 ...
/hebrew/898.htm - 6k

6117. aqab -- to follow at the heel, assail insidiously ...
... Word Origin denominative verb from aqeb Definition to follow at the heel, assail
insidiously, circumvent, overreach NASB Word Usage deals craftily (1), heel (1 ...
/hebrew/6117.htm - 6k

6014b. amar -- to deal tyrannically
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to deal tyrannically NASB Word Usage deals with
him violently (1), mistreat (1). 6014a, 6014b. amar. 6015 . ...
/hebrew/6014b.htm - 5k

6213a. asah -- do, make
... 2), commit (8), commits (7), commits and does (1), committed (35), committed and
practices (1), committing (6), construct (3), deal (30), deals (1), dealt (22 ...
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5765. aval -- to act wrongfully
... Word Origin denominative verb from evel Definition to act wrongfully NASB Word Usage
deals unjustly (1), wrongdoer (1). deal unjustly, unrighteous. ...
/hebrew/5765.htm - 6k

3190. yatab -- to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
... to be good, well, glad, or pleasing NASB Word Usage adorned (1), amend (3), better
(3), better he made (1), bless (1), celebrating* (1), deals well (1), do (1 ...
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Library

Our Discussion Deals with those Who, Acknowledging that There is a ...
... Book I. 32 Our discussion deals with those who, acknowledging that there
is a divine race of beings? Our discussion deals with ...
/.../32 our discussion deals with.htm

Whether Fortitude Deals Chiefly with Sudden Occurrences?
... TREATISE ON FORTITUDE AND TEMPERANCE (QQ -170) cOF FORTITUDE (TWELVE ARTICLES)
Whether fortitude deals chiefly with sudden occurrences? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether fortitude deals chiefly with.htm

Prayer and Faith (Continued)
... Faith deals with God, and is conscious of God. It deals with the Lord Jesus
Christ and sees in Him a Saviour; it deals with God's ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/ii prayer and faith continued.htm

Whether God is the Subject of this Science
... Anyone who attends to the matters with which it deals without attending to the aspect
under which it views them may indeed attribute a different subject to ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article seven whether god is.htm

The Measure of Sin.
... In those cases which I have quoted to you, God is dealing with nations,
but He deals with individuals in the same way. His laws ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/xliv the measure of sin.htm

Naaman's Wrath
... The cholera, when it lays hold of ladies and gentlemen, deals with them in precisely
the same fashion that it does when it lays hold of waifs on the dunghill ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/naamans wrath.htm

The Church and the Young Man.
... What does it furnish? It deals with the young man. ... It deals with his youthful strength;
with his clear and active brain; with his enterprise and energy. ...
/.../vincent/amusement a force in christian training/the church and the young.htm

The Great Suit: Jehovah Versus Judah
... labours. The text deals with the three great thoughts, the leit-motifs that
are sounded over and over again in the prophet's message. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the great suit jehovah versus.htm

The Doctrine of the Scriptures.
... The Old Testament deals with the record of the calling and history of the
Jewish nation, and as such it is the Old Covenant. The ...
/.../evans/the great doctrines of the bible/the doctrine of the scriptures.htm

Third Tractate. On Dialectic [The Upward Way].
... method and science that exists it must needs deal with Authentic-Existence, The
Highest there is: as Contemplative-Wisdom [or true-knowing] it deals with Being ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/third tractate on dialectic the.htm

Thesaurus

Deals (34 Occurrences)
...Deals (34 Occurrences). Romans 8:2 for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ
Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death. ...
/d/deals.htm - 16k

Two-tenth (8 Occurrences)
... Two-tenth (8 Occurrences). Numbers 15:6 or for a ram thou dost prepare a present
of flour, two-tenth deals, mixed with oil, a third of the hin; (YLT NAS NIV). ...
/t/two-tenth.htm - 8k

Three-tenth (7 Occurrences)
... Numbers 15:9 then he hath brought near for the son of the herd a present of flour,
three-tenth deals, mixed with oil, a half of the hin; (YLT NAS NIV). ...
/t/three-tenth.htm - 8k

Mingled (62 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Numbers 15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat
offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. ...
/m/mingled.htm - 29k

Bullock (95 Occurrences)
... Numbers 15:9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals
of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
/b/bullock.htm - 38k

Prepare (199 Occurrences)
... (YLT NIV). Numbers 28:20 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals
for a bullock, and two-tenth deals for a ram ye do prepare; (YLT NIV). ...
/p/prepare.htm - 36k

Falsely (72 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 6:2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals
falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery ...
/f/falsely.htm - 29k

Lends (4 Occurrences)
... Lends (4 Occurrences). Psalms 37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. ...
(WEB NAS). Psalms 112:5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. ...
/l/lends.htm - 7k

Bullocks (50 Occurrences)
... Numbers 29:14 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to ...
/b/bullocks.htm - 23k

Graciously (24 Occurrences)
... (ASV JPS). Psalms 37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. ... (WEB JPS ASV).
Psalms 112:5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. ...
/g/graciously.htm - 13k

Resources

What is wisdom literature? | GotQuestions.org

What is moral theology? | GotQuestions.org

Why is God so different in the Old Testament than He is in the New Testament? | GotQuestions.org

Deals: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Deals (34 Occurrences)

Romans 8:2
for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.
(WEY)

1 Thessalonians 2:11
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
(See NIV)

Hebrews 12:7
It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
(WEB NAS)

Leviticus 6:2
"If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
(WEB)

Leviticus 14:10
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
(KJV YLT)

Leviticus 23:13
And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
(KJV YLT)

Leviticus 23:17
Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
(KJV YLT)

Leviticus 24:5
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 15:6
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 15:9
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 28:9
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 28:12
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 28:20
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 28:28
And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 29:3
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 29:9
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
(KJV YLT)

Numbers 29:14
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
(KJV YLT)

Deuteronomy 24:7
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, and sell him; then that thief shall die; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 25:16
For all who do such things, even all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 23:22
Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
(WEB DBY)

1 Samuel 25:31
that this shall be no stumbling-block unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath found redress for himself. And when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.'
(See NAS)

Job 15:11
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
(See RSV)

Job 39:16
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
(WEB RSV)

Psalms 37:26
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
(WEB)

Psalms 55:12
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him.
(See RSV)

Psalms 112:5
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
(WEB RSV)

Proverbs 14:35
The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
(WEB RSV)

Proverbs 17:2
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
(WEB RSV)

Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media's sighing.
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 5:1
Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
(WEB RSV)

Jeremiah 9:4
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Deals

Related Terms

Treacherously (42 Occurrences)

Proudly (23 Occurrences)

Arrogantly (15 Occurrences)

Wickedly (34 Occurrences)

Unfaithfully (19 Occurrences)

Treacherous (34 Occurrences)

Mistreated (14 Occurrences)

Perversely (15 Occurrences)

Kindly (57 Occurrences)