27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.

Wherefore, beloved, these things, expecting - give diligence, unspotted and unblemished, by him, to be found, in peace;

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

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

so that he left all that he had in the hand of Joseph, and took note with him of nothing, save only the bread which, he himself, was eating. And so it was that Joseph was comely in form and comely in countenance.

And they used not to reckon with the men into whose hands they gave the silver, to give it to the doers of the work, because, with faithfulness, were, they, dealing.

Then, the ministers and the satraps, began seeking to find, occasion, against Daniel, in respect of the kingdom, - but, no occasion nor wickedness, could they find, inasmuch as, faithful, was he, and, neither error nor wickedness, could be found against him.

Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, - in measures of extent, in weights in measures of capacity:

A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler, Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.

He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.

But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

The integrity of the upright, shall guide them, but, the crookedness of the treacherous, shall be their ruin.

Better is a poor man, walking in his integrity, than one of perverse lips, and, he, a dullard.

Wherefore it shall come to pass - When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment - Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria. And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes,

Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,-Interest and increase, hast thou accepted And thou hast overreached thy neighbour by oppression, And me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

Therefore - because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them, - Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them.

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

Better a little with righteousness, than large revenues, without justice.

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice, - In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.

for his day, shalt thou give his hire neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul, - lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee a sin.