27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

He becometh poor that worketh 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 these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

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

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

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.

Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no 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 measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her bread 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 have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have 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 the treacherous 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 bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

in 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 Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.