27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

A slothful hand makes poverty, and the hand of the active will make rich.

The soul of the slothful one desiring, and nothing: and the soul of the active shall be made fat

Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones

Wherefore, dearly beloved, expecting these, be earnest, spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace.

Just balances, just stones, a just ephah, and a just hin shall be to you: I Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

There shall not be to thee in thy receptacle a stone and a stone, great and small.

And he will let go all which is to him into the hand of Joseph; and he will not, know anything except the bread which he is eating: and Joseph will be fair of form, and fair of look.

And they will not reckon with the men which they will give the silver into their hand to give to those doing the work, for they do in faith.

Then the presidents and satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel from the part of the kingdom; and they will not be able to find any pretext and corruption, because that he was faithful, and any error and corruption was not found upon him.

Ye shall not do evil in judgment, in tribute, in weight, and in measure.

Balances of deceit, an abomination of Jehovah: and a whole stone his delight

Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise: Which no leader to her, scribe and ruler; She will prepare in summer her bread, gathering her food in harvest.

He gathering in summer, is a prudent son: he lying in deep sleep in harvest, a son causing shame.

He working his earth shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing vain things wanted heart.

Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.

And I, in mine integrity thou didst support me, and thou wilt set me before thy face forever.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: and the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Good the poor one going in his integrity above the perverse of lips, and he foolish.

And it was when the Lord will complete all his work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will review upon the fruit of the great heart of the king of Assur and upon the glory of his eyes lifted up.

They took a gift in thee to pour out blood; thou tookest usury and interest, and thou wilt plunder thy neighbors by violence, and thou didst forget me, says the Lord Jehovah.

For this, because of your treading upon the poor one, and ye will take away the liftings up of wheat from him: ye built houses of hewn stone, and ye shall not dwell in them; ye planted vineyards of desire and ye shall not drink their wine.

Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.

I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart;

Good a little with justice above abundance of increase with no judgment

The making treasures by the tongue of falsehood is vanity scattered from those seeking death.

The partridge brooded and she brought not forth; to make riches and not in judgment, he shall leave them in the half of his days, and in his latter part he shall be foolish.

In his day thou shalt give his hire, and the sun shall not go down upon it, for he is poor, and he lifted up his soul to it; and he will cry against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee.