27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.

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

"You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small.

So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

And they did not ask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

"You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.

He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.

In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

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

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the LORD, and you be guilty of sin.