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The concept of property is deeply rooted in the Scriptures, reflecting both material and spiritual dimensions. Property is seen as a blessing from God, a responsibility, and a means to serve others and fulfill God's commandments.<br><br><b>Old Testament Insights:</b><br><br>The Old Testament provides numerous references to property, emphasizing its divine origin and the responsibility of stewardship. In <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>, God commands humanity to "fill the earth and subdue it," granting dominion over creation. This dominion implies a form of ownership and responsibility for the earth's resources.<br><br>The division and inheritance of land are significant themes, particularly in the narratives of the Patriarchs and the Israelites. In <a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>, God promises land to Abram's descendants, establishing a covenantal relationship with the land. The distribution of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel, as detailed in the Book of Joshua, underscores the importance of land as a divine gift and a source of identity and sustenance.<br><br>The Mosaic Law contains numerous regulations regarding property rights and responsibilities. For instance, the Ten Commandments include prohibitions against stealing (<a href="/exodus/20-15.htm">Exodus 20:15</a>) and coveting a neighbor's property (<a href="/exodus/20-17.htm">Exodus 20:17</a>). These commandments highlight the sanctity of personal property and the ethical obligations associated with it.<br><br>The Year of Jubilee, described in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/25.htm">Leviticus 25</a>, is a unique institution that reflects God's concern for economic justice and the restoration of property. Every fiftieth year, land was to be returned to its original owners, and debts were to be forgiven, ensuring that no family would be permanently dispossessed of their inheritance.<br><br><b>New Testament Perspectives:</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the teachings of Jesus and the apostles provide further insights into the concept of property. Jesus often spoke about wealth and possessions, challenging his followers to prioritize spiritual riches over material wealth. In <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>, Jesus advises, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth... But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven."<br><br>The early Christian community exemplified a radical approach to property, as seen in <a href="/acts/2-44.htm">Acts 2:44-45</a>: "All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need." This communal sharing reflects the early church's commitment to mutual support and the belief that material possessions should serve the common good.<br><br>The apostle Paul also addresses issues of property and wealth, urging believers to be content and generous. In <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a>, he instructs the wealthy "not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth," but to "be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share."<br><br><b>Theological and Ethical Considerations:</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, property is viewed as a trust from God, with humans acting as stewards. This stewardship entails using resources wisely, caring for creation, and ensuring justice and equity in the distribution of wealth. The biblical narrative consistently emphasizes that while property is a blessing, it should not become an idol or a source of division.<br><br>Ethically, the Bible calls for a balance between individual rights and communal responsibilities. The principles of justice, mercy, and love should guide the use and distribution of property, ensuring that the needs of the poor and marginalized are met. The prophetic literature, particularly in books like Isaiah and Amos, often critiques the misuse of wealth and the exploitation of the vulnerable.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br><br>The biblical view of property encompasses both material and spiritual dimensions, emphasizing stewardship, justice, and generosity. As a divine gift, property is to be used for God's glory and the well-being of others, reflecting the values of the Kingdom of God.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title.<p>4. (<I>a.</I>) That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property.<p>5. (<I>a.</I>) All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.<p>6. (<I>a.</I>) Propriety; correctness.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To invest which properties, or qualities.<p>8. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make a property of; to appropriate.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">PROPERTY</span><p>prop'-er-ti.<br><br>See <a href="../a/agrarian.htm">AGRARIAN LAWS</a>; <a href="../j/jubilee.htm">JUBILEE</a>; POOR; PORTION; PRIMOGENITURE; WEALTH.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3776.htm"><span class="l">3776. ousia -- substance, <b>property</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> substance, <b>property</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ousia Phonetic<br> Spelling: (oo-see'-ah) Short Definition: <b>property</b>, wealth Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3776.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5223.htm"><span class="l">5223. huparxis -- subsistence, existence, <b>property</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> subsistence, existence, <b>property</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> huparxis Phonetic Spelling: (hoop'-arx-is) Short Definition: goods, substance <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5223.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5564.htm"><span class="l">5564. chorion -- a place, <b>property</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a place, <b>property</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: chorion Phonetic<br> Spelling: (kho-ree'-on) Short Definition: a place, piece of land, field <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5564.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2933.htm"><span class="l">2933. ktema -- a possession</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a possession. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ktema Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ktay'-mah) Short Definition: a field, <b>property</b> Definition: a piece of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2933.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5224.htm"><span class="l">5224. huparchonta -- goods, that which one has, things which one <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: huparchonta Phonetic Spelling:<br> (hoop-ar'-khon-tah) Short Definition: goods, <b>property</b> Definition: things which one <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5224.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2658.htm"><span class="l">2658. katantao -- to come down to, reach</span></a> <br><b>...</b> high land to lower (or actually to the sea-coast), or from the high seas to the<br> coast; hence met: I arrive at, reach (my destination), (b) of <b>property</b>: I come <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2658.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3918.htm"><span class="l">3918. pareimi -- to sit constantly beside</span></a> <br><b>...</b> From para and eimi (including its various forms); to be near, ie At hand; neuter<br> present participle (singular) time being, or (plural) <b>property</b> -- come, X have <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3918.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/68.htm"><span class="l">68. agros -- a field, the country</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ros') Short Definition: a field, the country Definition:<br> a field, especially as bearing a crop; the country, lands, <b>property</b> in land, a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/68.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3126.htm"><span class="l">3126. mamonas -- riches</span></a> <br><b>...</b> mamonas Phonetic Spelling: (mam-mo-nas') Short Definition: riches, money, possessions<br> Definition: (Aramaic), riches, money, possessions, <b>property</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3126.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5287.htm"><span class="l">5287. hupostasis -- a support, substance, steadiness, hence <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> from 5259 , "under" and 2476 , "to stand") -- properly, (to possess) a guaranteed<br> agreement ("title-deed"); (figuratively) "" to a promise or <b>property</b>, ie a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5287.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7399.htm"><span class="l">7399. rekush -- <b>property</b>, goods</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7398, 7399. rekush or rekush. 7400 . <b>property</b>, goods. Transliteration: rekush<br> or rekush Phonetic Spelling: (rek-oosh') Short Definition: possessions. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7399.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7408.htm"><span class="l">7408. rakash -- to collect, gather (<b>property</b>)</span></a><br><b>...</b> rakash. 7409 . to collect, gather (<b>property</b>). Transliteration: rakash Phonetic<br> Spelling: (raw-kash') Short Definition: acquired. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7408.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5459.htm"><span class="l">5459. segullah -- possession, <b>property</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5458, 5459. segullah. 5460 . possession, <b>property</b>. Transliteration: segullah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (seg-ool-law') Short Definition: possession. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5459.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm"><span class="l">5159. nachalah -- possession, <b>property</b>, inheritance</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5158b, 5159. nachalah. 5160 . possession, <b>property</b>, inheritance. Transliteration:<br> nachalah Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-al-aw') Short Definition: inheritance. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5159.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5232.htm"><span class="l">5232. nekas -- riches, <b>property</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5231, 5232. nekas. 5233 . riches, <b>property</b>. Transliteration: nekas Phonetic<br> Spelling: (nek-as') Short Definition: goods. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5232.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4399.htm"><span class="l">4399. melakah -- occupation, work</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3), details (1), duties (1), everything* (1), industrious* (1), laborer (1), material<br> (1), occupation (1), performed (1), project (1), <b>property</b> (2), purpose (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4399.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3018.htm"><span class="l">3018. yegia -- toil, product</span></a><br><b>...</b> Usage fruit (1), labor (5), labors (2), possessions (1), produce (1), product of<br> his labor (1), product of their labor (1), products (1), <b>property</b> (1), toil (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3018.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/270.htm"><span class="l">270. achaz -- to grasp, take hold, take possession</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to grasp, take hold, take possession NASB Word Usage acquire <b>property</b><br> (1), acquired <b>property</b> (1), attached (1), bolt (1), catch (1), caught (3 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/270.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4735.htm"><span class="l">4735. miqneh -- cattle</span></a><br><b>...</b> From qanah; something bought, ie <b>Property</b>, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition<br> -- cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4735.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7075.htm"><span class="l">7075. qinyan -- something gotten or acquired, acquisition</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from qanah Definition something gotten or acquired, acquisition NASB<br> Word Usage acquired (1), acquiring (1), goods (3), possessions (2), <b>property</b> (3 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7075.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xxix_the_property_of.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Property</b> of Widows or of all the Faithful...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter XXIX. The <b>property</b> of widows or of all the faithful? <b>...</b> 144. Great<br> care must be taken that the <b>property</b> entrusted by widows remains inviolate. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxix the property of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_xxxv_of_the_inheritance_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the Inheritance of the <b>Property</b> of Martyrs and Confessors, Also <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter XXXV."Of the Inheritance of the <b>Property</b> of Martyrs and Confessors,<br> also of those who had suffered Banishment or Confiscation of <b>Property</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxv of the inheritance of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/julian/revelations_of_divine_love/chapter_xlviii_i_beheld_the.htm"><span class="l">"I Beheld the <b>Property</b> of Mercy, and I Beheld the <b>Property</b> of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> ANENT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE FOREGOING FOURTEEN REVELATIONS CHAPTER XLVIII "I beheld<br> the <b>property</b> of Mercy, and I beheld the <b>property</b> of Grace: which have two <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xlviii i beheld the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_subtlety_is_a_property.htm"><span class="l">Whether Subtlety is a <b>Property</b> of the Glorified Body?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE SUBTLETY OF THE BODIES OF THE BLESSED (SIX ARTICLES) Whether subtlety<br> is a <b>property</b> of the glorified body? Objection 1: It <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether subtlety is a property.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/the_divine_institutes/chap_x_it_is_the_peculiar.htm"><span class="l">It is the Peculiar <b>Property</b> of Man to Know and Worship God.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the divine institutes Book III. Of the False Wisdom of Philosophers. Chap.<br> X."It is the Peculiar <b>Property</b> of Man to Know and Worship God. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap x it is the peculiar.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/chapter_35_name_and_property.htm"><span class="l">Marriage and <b>Property</b> Allowed to the Baptized by the Apostles.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Of the Morals of the Catholic Church. Chapter 35. "Marriage and <b>Property</b> Allowed<br> to the Baptized by the Apostles. 77. Meanwhile, why do you rage? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter 35 name and property.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_xli_those_who_have_purchased.htm"><span class="l">Those who have Purchased <b>Property</b> Belonging to the Church, or <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter XLI."Those who have purchased <b>Property</b> belonging to<br> the Church, or received it as a Gift, are to restore it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xli those who have purchased.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_34_the_original_nature.htm"><span class="l">The Original, Nature, <b>Property</b>, and Use of the Law</span></a> <br><b>...</b> First Series Sermon 34 The Original, Nature, <b>Property</b>, and Use of the Law. "Wherefore<br> the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." Rom.7:12. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 34 the original nature.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_chaplet_or_de_corona/chapter_xv_keep_for_god.htm"><span class="l">Keep for God his Own <b>Property</b> Untainted; He Will Crown it if He <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter XV. Keep for God His own <b>property</b> untainted; He will crown it if He choose.?<br> Keep for God His own <b>property</b> untainted; He will crown it if He choose. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/the chaplet or de corona/chapter xv keep for god.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/52_love_has_a_marvellous.htm"><span class="l">Love Has a Marvellous <b>Property</b> of Feeling in Another</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE FIRST CENTURY 52 Love has a marvellous <b>property</b> of feeling in another.<br> Love has a marvellous <b>property</b> of feeling in another. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/52 love has a marvellous.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/property.htm"><span class="l"><b>Property</b> (212 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or<br> naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a <b>property</b> of sugar. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/property.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/y/year.htm"><span class="l">Year (4027 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> All real <b>property</b> should automatically revert to its original owner (Leviticus<br> 25:10; compare 25:13), and those who, compelled by poverty, had sold themselves <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/y/year.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/estate.htm"><span class="l">Estate (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. 3. (n.) A person of high rank.<br> 4. (n.) A <b>property</b> which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/estate.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/peculiar.htm"><span class="l">Peculiar (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version ("a people for<br> God's own possession"), a special possession or <b>property</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/peculiar.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/birthright.htm"><span class="l">Birthright (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This probably means that he had a double share of such <b>property</b> as could<br> be divided. We have no certain knowledge of the manner <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/birthright.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bargain.htm"><span class="l">Bargain (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) An agreement between parties concerning the sale of <b>property</b>; or a contract<br> by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some <b>property</b> for <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bargain.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/community.htm"><span class="l">Community (77 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles' feet." The inference<br> from this, that there was an absolute disposal of all the <b>property</b> of all the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/community.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/assessment.htm"><span class="l">Assessment (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) A valuation of <b>property</b> or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation;<br> such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/assessment.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/steward.htm"><span class="l">Steward (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He was thus rather a steward of persons than of <b>property</b> (see MELZAR). <b>...</b> He apparently<br> had charge over the family of his master as well as his <b>property</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/steward.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jubilee.htm"><span class="l">Jubilee (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> All landed <b>property</b> during that year reverted to its original owner (13-34;<br> 27:16-24), and all who were slaves were set free (25:39-54), and all debts were <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jubilee.htm - 27k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/socialism-Christian.html">How should a Christian view socialism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Marxism-Christian.html">Is Marxism compatible with the Christian faith? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/crop-circles.html">Does the Bible say anything about crop circles? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/property.htm">Property: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Property (212 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-42.htm">Matthew 5:42</a></span><br />Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your <span class="boldtext">property</span> from him who would for a time make use of it.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-29.htm">Matthew 12:29</a></span><br />Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of <span class="boldtext">property</span>, false witness, bitter words:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-21.htm">Matthew 19:21</a></span><br />Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your <span class="boldtext">property</span>, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-22.htm">Matthew 19:22</a></span><br />On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; for he had much <span class="boldtext">property</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/20-15.htm">Matthew 20:15</a></span><br />Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own <span class="boldtext">property</span>? Or are you envious because I am generous?' <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Matthew 21:38</a></span><br />But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the <span class="boldtext">property</span>; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14</a></span><br />"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his <span class="boldtext">property</span> to their care.<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/25-27.htm">Matthew 25:27</a></span><br />Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my <span class="boldtext">property</span> with interest.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/3-27.htm">Mark 3:27</a></span><br />Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his <span class="boldtext">property</span>, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-22.htm">Mark 10:22</a></span><br />But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Mark 12:7</a></span><br />"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the <span class="boldtext">property</span> will one day be ours.'<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-40.htm">Mark 12:40</a></span><br />and who swallow up the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment." <br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/5-3.htm">Luke 5:3</a></span><br />And he got into one of the boats, the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of Simon, and made a request to him to go a little way out from the land. And being seated he gave the people teaching from the boat.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/6-30.htm">Luke 6:30</a></span><br />To every one who asks, give; and from him who takes away your <span class="boldtext">property</span>, do not demand it back.<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-21.htm">Luke 11:21</a></span><br />"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his <span class="boldtext">property</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a></span><br />And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for <span class="boldtext">property</span>; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm">Luke 12:33</a></span><br />Give what <span class="boldtext">property</span> you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/15-12.htm">Luke 15:12</a></span><br />The younger of them said to his father,'Father, give me my share of your <span class="boldtext">property</span>.' He divided his livelihood between them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY BBE DBY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/15-13.htm">Luke 15:13</a></span><br />Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his <span class="boldtext">property</span> with riotous living.<br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Luke 15:30</a></span><br />but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your <span class="boldtext">property</span> among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/16-1.htm">Luke 16:1</a></span><br />He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/16-2.htm">Luke 16:2</a></span><br />And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Luke 16:12</a></span><br />And if you have not been true in your care of the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of other people, who will give you that which is yours?<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-31.htm">Luke 17:31</a></span><br />"On that day, if a man is on the roof and his <span class="boldtext">property</span> indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/19-8.htm">Luke 19:8</a></span><br />Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my <span class="boldtext">property</span> to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-14.htm">Luke 20:14</a></span><br />But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the <span class="boldtext">property</span>: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-47.htm">Luke 20:47</a></span><br />who swallow up the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others." <br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19</a></span><br />If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own <span class="boldtext">property</span>. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/2-45.htm">Acts 2:45</a></span><br />They sold their lands and other <span class="boldtext">property</span>, and distributed the proceeds among all, according to every one's necessities.<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/4-32.htm">Acts 4:32</a></span><br />Among all those who had embraced the faith there was but one heart and soul, so that none of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything they had was common <span class="boldtext">property</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-1.htm">Acts 5:1</a></span><br />There was a man of the name of Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some <span class="boldtext">property</span> but,<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-4.htm">Acts 5:4</a></span><br />While you had it, was it not your <span class="boldtext">property</span>? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27</a></span><br />And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her <span class="boldtext">property</span>, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/28-7.htm">Acts 28:7</a></span><br />Now near that place there was some land, the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of the chief man of the island, who was named Publius; who very kindly took us into his house as his guests for three days.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-10.htm">1 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11</a></span><br />But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's <span class="boldtext">property</span>, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-8.htm">1 Corinthians 6:8</a></span><br />So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-30.htm">1 Corinthians 7:30</a></span><br />And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting <span class="boldtext">property</span>, to be as if they had nothing;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-20.htm">2 Corinthians 11:20</a></span><br />For you tolerate it, if any one enslaves you, lives at your expense, makes off with your <span class="boldtext">property</span>, gives himself airs, or strikes you on the face.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm">2 Corinthians 12:14</a></span><br />This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your <span class="boldtext">property</span>: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a></span><br />But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' <span class="boldtext">property</span>, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5</a></span><br />Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/10-34.htm">Hebrews 10:34</a></span><br />For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your <span class="boldtext">property</span> was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain.<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Revelation 9:21</a></span><br />And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of others.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/13-6.htm">Genesis 13:6</a></span><br />So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their <span class="boldtext">property</span> was so great that there was not room for them together. <br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/14-11.htm">Genesis 14:11</a></span><br />And they took all the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and departed.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/14-12.htm">Genesis 14:12</a></span><br />And they took Lot and his <span class="boldtext">property</span>, Abram's brother's son, and departed. For he dwelt in Sodom.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/14-16.htm">Genesis 14:16</a></span><br />And he brought back all the <span class="boldtext">property</span>, and brought again his brother Lot and his property, and the women also, and the people.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/14-21.htm">Genesis 14:21</a></span><br />And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the <span class="boldtext">property</span> for thyself.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-4.htm">Genesis 15:4</a></span><br />Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your <span class="boldtext">property</span> after you.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm">Genesis 15:14</a></span><br />But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great <span class="boldtext">property</span>. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-4.htm">Genesis 23:4</a></span><br />I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my <span class="boldtext">property</span>, so that I may put my dead to rest.<br /><span class="source">(BBE RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-9.htm">Genesis 23:9</a></span><br />That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his <span class="boldtext">property</span> at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-18.htm">Genesis 23:18</a></span><br />Became the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town. <br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-20.htm">Genesis 23:20</a></span><br />And the field and the hollow rock were handed over to Abraham as his <span class="boldtext">property</span> by the children of Heth. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/24-2.htm">Genesis 24:2</a></span><br />And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his <span class="boldtext">property</span>, Come now, put your hand under my leg:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/25-5.htm">Genesis 25:5</a></span><br />Now Abraham gave all his <span class="boldtext">property</span> to Isaac; <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-1.htm">Genesis 31:1</a></span><br />Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's <span class="boldtext">property</span>, and in this way he has got all this wealth.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-16.htm">Genesis 31:16</a></span><br />For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-18.htm">Genesis 31:18</a></span><br />And sending on before him all his cattle and his <span class="boldtext">property</span> which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/34-10.htm">Genesis 34:10</a></span><br />Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get <span class="boldtext">property</span> there.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/34-23.htm">Genesis 34:23</a></span><br />Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/36-7.htm">Genesis 36:7</a></span><br />For their <span class="boldtext">property</span> was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/38-25.htm">Genesis 38:25</a></span><br />And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose <span class="boldtext">property</span> these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/39-5.htm">Genesis 39:5</a></span><br />And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his <span class="boldtext">property</span>, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/39-6.htm">Genesis 39:6</a></span><br />And he gave Joseph control of all his <span class="boldtext">property</span>, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/39-8.htm">Genesis 39:8</a></span><br />But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his <span class="boldtext">property</span> in my control;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/46-6.htm">Genesis 46:6</a></span><br />They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt-Jacob, and all his seed with him,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">Genesis 47:11</a></span><br />Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">Genesis 47:23</a></span><br />Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Genesis 47:27</a></span><br />And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got <span class="boldtext">property</span> there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5</a></span><br />If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special <span class="boldtext">property</span> out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/20-15.htm">Exodus 20:15</a></span><br />Do not take the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of another. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-4.htm">Exodus 21:4</a></span><br />If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21</a></span><br />Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-4.htm">Exodus 22:4</a></span><br />If the stolen <span class="boldtext">property</span> is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-8.htm">Exodus 22:8</a></span><br />If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-9.htm">Exodus 22:9</a></span><br />In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any <span class="boldtext">property</span> which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/22-11.htm">Exodus 22:11</a></span><br />the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/6-3.htm">Leviticus 6:3</a></span><br />or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Leviticus 6:4</a></span><br />then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/6-5.htm">Leviticus 6:5</a></span><br />Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose <span class="boldtext">property</span> it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Leviticus 14:13</a></span><br />And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/19-11.htm">Leviticus 19:11</a></span><br />Do not take anyone's <span class="boldtext">property</span> or be false in act or word to another. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Leviticus 25:10</a></span><br />You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own <span class="boldtext">property</span>, and each of you shall return to his family.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-13.htm">Leviticus 25:13</a></span><br />"'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his <span class="boldtext">property</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-24.htm">Leviticus 25:24</a></span><br />Wherever there is <span class="boldtext">property</span> in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-25.htm">Leviticus 25:25</a></span><br />"'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-27.htm">Leviticus 25:27</a></span><br />then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-28.htm">Leviticus 25:28</a></span><br />But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his <span class="boldtext">property</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-30.htm">Leviticus 25:30</a></span><br />And if he does not get it back by the end of the year, then the house in the town will become the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of him who gave the money for it, and of his children for ever; it will not go from him in the year of Jubilee.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-31.htm">Leviticus 25:31</a></span><br />But houses in small unwalled towns will be the same as <span class="boldtext">property</span> in the country; they may be got back, and they will go back to their owners in the year of Jubilee.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Leviticus 25:33</a></span><br />And if a Levite does not give money to get back his <span class="boldtext">property</span>, his house in the town which was exchanged for money will come back to him in the year of Jubilee. For the houses of the towns of the Levites are their property among the children of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-34.htm">Leviticus 25:34</a></span><br />But the land on the outskirts of their towns may not be exchanged for money, for it is their <span class="boldtext">property</span> for ever.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Leviticus 25:39</a></span><br />And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your <span class="boldtext">property</span>;<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-41.htm">Leviticus 25:41</a></span><br />Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of his fathers.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-42.htm">Leviticus 25:42</a></span><br />For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the <span class="boldtext">property</span> of another. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Leviticus 25:44</a></span><br />But you may get servants as <span class="boldtext">property</span> from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><a href="/concordance/p/property2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/property.htm">Property</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/property_given_to_religion.htm">Property Given To Religion</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/p/property_in_real_estate.htm">Property in Real Estate</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/p/property_in_real_estate_by_absence.htm">Property in 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