Quotes about Sell
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
— Genesis 23:9
“First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.
— Genesis 25:31
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
— Leviticus 25:34
Is this the same teaching, when Christ says to the rich young man, Sell all that thou hast, and give it to the poor; and when the priest says, Sell all that thou hast and...give it to me?
— Soren Kierkegaard
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
— Exodus 21:7
And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
— Ruth 4:3
so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.
— Revelation 13:17
In Ireland they put their children to fosterers: the rich sell, the meaner sort buying the alterage of their children; and the reason is, because in the opinion of the people, fostering has always been a stronger alliance than blood.Sir John Davieson Ireland.
— Samuel Johnson
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
— 2 Kings 7:18
whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
— Zechariah 11:5
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
— Deuteronomy 28:68
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
— Ezekiel 30:12