Biblical Principles of Law: Vow and Contract

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VOW AND CONTRACT

: Introduction
A Commitment to Economic Liberty
Laws Impairing the Obligations of Contracts
Liberty of Contract
The Sanctity of Promises
Promises: Law and Love
Conclusion

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FOOTNOTES
* Copyright © 1987, 2006 Herbert W. Titus. Used by permission. Excerpted from Biblical Principles of Law. This resource can be purchased here.
   1. C. Becker, The Declaration of Independence (1959), 60-61.
   2. Isaiah 40:28 and 1 Peter 4:19.
   3. 1 Samuel 8:5.
   4. Deuteronomy 17:14-20.
   5. See, 1 Samuel 8:11-18.
   6. 1 Samuel 10:24.
   7. Genesis 2:7.
   8. Revelation 22:1.
   9. John 1:1-4.
   10. Genesis 9:5-6.
   11. Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
   12. 1 Timothy 2:1-2.
   13. Genesis 9:6.
   14. See, Genesis 3:1-13.
   15. Revelation 22:17.
   16. Isaiah 61:1.
   17. Galatians 5:1.
   18. 2 Peter 2:19.
   19. 2 Corinthians 3:17.
   20. Psalms 1:1; 32:1-2, 34:8; 89:5; 128:1.
   21. Matthew 5:3,7,9.
   22. Proverbs 8:34-35.
   23. Cf. Romans 13:4(a).
   24. Ecclesiastes 3:13.
   25. Ecclesiastes 5:18-19.
   26. Genesis 1:28.
   27. R. Perry, ed., Sources of Our Liberties (1972), 429.
   28. U.S. Const., art. I, § 10.
   29. Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. 213 (1827), at 346.
   30. Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U.S. 578 (1897), at 589.
   31. Id., citing Butcher's Union Slaughterhouse Co. v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing Co., 111 U.S. 746, at 762.
   32. H. Grotius, On the Law of War and Peace (1625), as translated by A.C. Campbell, at 117.
   33. Id., at ___.
   34. E. De Vattel, The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law, Bk. 2 163 (1758).
   35. Id., at ___.
   36. Ecclesiastes 5:4.
   37. See, Joshua 9:19-20 and Judges 11:30,39.
   38. Proverbs 20:25.
   39. Psalm 15:1-5.
   40. Deuteronomy 23:23.
   41. Genesis 21:22-32.
   42. Genesis 26:26-31.
   43. Genesis 24:1-9.
   44. Genesis 25:29-34.
   45. Joshua 2:8-21.
   46. Joshua 9:15, 10:5-7.
   47. Delaware Declaration of Rights, Sept. 11, 1776, Sect. 12.
   48. Deuteronomy 23:22.
   49. Psalm 15:4.
   50. Ecclesiastes 5:5.
   51. Aluminum Co. Of America v. Essex Group (1980).
   52. Leviticus 19:15.
   53. Matthew 6:33. Cf. Proverbs 13:21(b).
   54. Ecclesiastes 5:4.
   55. Proverbs 10:2(a).
   56. Proverbs 28:22.
   57. Romans 13:4(a).
   58. Amos 5:12 (bribery); Exodus 20:13 (murder).
   59. See, Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:3-6.
   60. See, 1 Corinthians 6:16.
   61. Genesis 1:26,28.
   62. See, Ecclesiastes 9:11.
   63. Marvin v. Marvin, 18 Cal.3d 660 (1976).
   64. See, Genesis 2:17-18 and 3.
   65. Galatians 6:7-8(a).
   66. Galatians 6:8(b)-9.
   67. Ogden v. Saunders, dissenting opinion, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 213, 6 L.Ed 606 (1827).
   68. Leviticus 25:35-37.
   69. G. North,
   70. Deuteronomy 15:7-11 and Leviticus 25:35-36.
   71. Deuteronomy 15:7-8.
   72. Deuteronomy 15:10.
   73. Proverbs 22:16.
   74. Proverbs 28:27.
   75. Deuteronomy 28:1-2,15.