27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I am Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

and he leaveth all that he hath in the hand of Joseph, and he hath not known anything that he hath, except the bread which he is eating. And Joseph is of a fair form, and of a fair appearance.

and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.

Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

'Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

Whoso is gathering in summer is a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest is a son causing shame.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.

And it hath come to pass, When the Lord doth fulfil all His work In mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I see concerning the fruit of the greatness Of the heart of the king of Asshur. And concerning the glory of the height of his eyes.

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he is poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.