Thematic Bible: Business life


Thematic Bible











Make room for me in your hearts. I have not wronged or harmed or got the better of anybody. Verse ConceptsIntegrityCoveting, prohibition ofDefraudingCheatingNo Room





























Do not pay anyone back with evil for evil. See that you are above reproach in the eyes of everyone. Verse ConceptsBullyingRevenge, And RetaliationSpiteDuties To EnemiesBeing Seen By ManNot AvengingRepaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other Cheek


I intend to do what is right not only in the Lord's sight but in the eyes of men. Verse ConceptsEyes, Used Of GodMen PleasersSeeking HonourDoing The Right Thingprovidingcriticismacting









And when he had secured the appointment and returned, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he could find out how much they had made. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsOthers Summoninginvesting










But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership


He said to them, "Do not collect any more than you are authorized to." Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfTaxExtortionBeing Contenttaxes




















Someone in the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance." Verse ConceptsCovetousnessInheritanceSiblingsFamily ProblemsResolving Conflict

The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the property.' So he divided his property between them. Verse ConceptsPropertyDadsdivision






"Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful slave whom his master put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time? Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordWisdom, Human ImportanceEmployeesEntrustingWho Is The One?People Providing Foodmath








But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope, Verse ConceptsAssuranceAssurance, By Faith In ChristeagernessAssurance in the life of faithHope, As ConfidencediligenceStanding FirmTo The EndSteadfast In Hope














A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death. Verse ConceptsdiseasesMastersEmployers, Good ExamplesNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearPrecious






A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death. Verse ConceptsdiseasesMastersEmployers, Good ExamplesNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearPrecious





The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more??12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet, all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of objects of ivory and costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, Verse ConceptsBabylonMerchandise




And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!" Verse ConceptsMerchandiseRelationship Of Father And SonBusinessthievessalesmarketing






















And if you have been untrustworthy about what belonged to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you? Verse ConceptsFraudPossessingServants, BadFaithfulnessPropertyTreating OthersTrusting OthersMoney Managementpossessions












But it is you who wrong and rob others, and your own brothers at that! Verse ConceptsFraudRobbing PeopleWronging Other PeopleBeing Gaycheaters











He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" ' But they took no notice of it, and went off, one to his estate, and another to his business,

He said to him, "A man once gave a great dinner, and invited a large number to it, and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!' And they all immediately began to excuse themselves. The first one said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go and look at it. Please have me excused.' read more.
Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. Please have me excused.' Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'


And he told them this story: "A certain rich man's lands yielded heavily. And he said to himself, 'What am I going to do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' Then he said, 'This is what I will do; I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store all my grain and my goods.


And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay." Verse ConceptsAggressionGreed, Believers' Response ToOccupationsSatisfactionServants, BadSoldiersWagesWitnesses, FalseContentmentFalse AccusationsEmployersAvoiding ViolenceFalse WaysDo Not StealOne's DeedsBeing Content






And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars. And as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the debt.

You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord. Verse Conceptsethics, personalMen PleasersLordship, Human And DivinePopularityReverence, And Social BehaviourReverence, And ObedienceServants, BadServants, GoodEmployeesPopularity SoughtSingleness Of HeartBeing Seen By ManSlavesObeying PeopleThe Fear Of The Lord



To take an illustration, brothers, from daily life: even a human agreement, once ratified, no one annuls or alters. Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsTreatyContractsAnnulment


All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused. Verse Conceptsethics, personalMonotonyYokesEmployeesProfaning God's NameSlavesHonour The HonourableGentleness As A Fruit Of The Spirit




You servants must be submissive to your masters and perfectly respectful to them; not only to those who are kind and considerate, but also to those who are unreasonable. Verse Conceptsethics, personalMonotonyOrder In The HomeServants, GoodSubmissionEmployeesGentle WordsServants Of PeopleslaveryRespectServant LeadershipRespecting Authoritypeterreverence





Then he called in each of his master's debtors, and he said to the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said, 'Eight hundred gallons of oil.' And he said to him, 'Here is your agreement; sit right down and write four hundred!'





Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them Verse Conceptsethics, personalServants, GoodEmployeesSlavesPleasing MenAvoid QuarrelsBe Subject To People


and as they practiced the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers. Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofTentsIndustry, Examples OfTentmakingLike Good PeopleStaying Temporarilypartnershipvocation