27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands lead to wealth.

The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will work for kings, not unimportant people.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.

You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

"Don't have different weights in your bag one heavy and one light.

Everything that he owned, he entrusted into Joseph's care. He never concerned himself about anything, except for the food he ate.

Furthermore, they required no accounting from the men into whose hand they had paid the money to do the work, because the workers acted in good faith.

Because of this, the administrators and regional authorities tried to bring allegations of dereliction of duty in government affairs against Daniel, but they were unable to find any charges of corruption. Daniel was trustworthy, and no evidence of negligence or corruption could be found against him.

"You are not to act unjustly in deciding a case or when measuring weight and quantity.

The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. It has no commander, officer, or ruler, but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.

Whoever harvests during summer acts wisely, but the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

Whoever tills his soil will have a lot to eat, but anyone who pursues fantasies lacks sense.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity.

As for me, you will maintain my just cause, and you will cause me to stand in your presence forever.

The integrity of the righteous guides them, but the hypocrisy of the treacherous destroys them.

A poor man who walks blamelessly is better than a fool who speaks perversely.

"For the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful heart of Assyria's king and the haughty look in his eyes.

They take bribes among you to shed blood. You've taken usury and exacted interest. You've gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you've forgotten me," declares the Lord GOD.

"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink

Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.

I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

A little gain with righteousness is better than great income without justice.

A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool."

Pay his wages that same day before the sun sets, because he is poor and his livelihood depends on it. Otherwise, he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will incur guilt."