27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.