27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.

Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown men.

Therefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent, spotless, and without blemish, to be found by Him in peace.

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a great stone and a small.

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand. And he did not know anything that he had, except the bread which he ate. And Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

And they did not make an accounting with the men into whose hands they gave the silver to be given to the workmen. For they dealt faithfully.

Then the presidents and rulers sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. Neither was there any error or fault found in him.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures and weights, or in quantity.

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; who, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vanities lacks heart.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.

And I, in my integrity You uphold me; and You set me before Your face forever.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the crookedness of traitors shall destroy them.

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

And it will be, when the Lord has broken off all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his high looks.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

So, because of your trampling on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of carved stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;

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

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

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it. For he is poor and sets his heart on it; lest he cry against you to Jehovah, and it shall be sin to you.