27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to 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 Jehovah your God, who 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 took cognizance of nothing with him, save the bread that he ate. And Joseph was of a beautiful form and of a beautiful countenance.

And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:

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; 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 the worthless is void of understanding.

Wealth gotten by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase it.

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

The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroyeth them.

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

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of 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 overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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

He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a 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 fleeting breath of them that seek death.

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

on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.