27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?

Wherefore, dearly beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and undefiled:

But ye shall have true balances, true weights, a true ephah and a true hin. I am the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt,

Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner weights, a great and a small:

And therefore he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and a well favored.

Moreover, they reckoned not with the men, into whose hands they delivered that money to be bestowed on workmen: But they did it even of fidelity.

Wherefore the princes and lords sought to pick out in Daniel some quarrel against the kingdom: yet could they find none occasion nor fault upon him. For why? He was so faithful, that there was no blame nor dishonesty found in him.

"'Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither in meteyard, weight or measure.

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a true weight pleaseth him.

Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise. She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: yet in the summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest.

Whoso gathereth in summer is wise; but he that is sluggish in harvest, bringeth himself to confusion.

He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, is a very fool.

Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.

Thou hast upholden me because of my innocency, and set me before thy face forever.

The innocent dealing of the just shall lead them; but the unfaithfulness of the despisers shall be their own destruction.

Better is the poor that liveth godly, than the blasphemer that is but a fool.

Wherefore the LORD sayeth: As soon as I have performed my whole work upon the hill of Zion and Jerusalem, then will I also visit the noble and stout king of Assyria, with his wisdom and pride."

Yea, gifts have been received in thee to shed blood. Thou hast taken usury and increase, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, sayeth the LORD God.

Forsomuch then as ye oppress the poor, and rob him of his best sustenance: therefore, where as ye have builded houses of square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Marvelous pleasant vineyards shall ye plant; but the wine of them shall ye not drink. And why?

Whoso is slothful and slack in his labor, is the brother of him that is a waster.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyards of the foolish man.

Better it is to have a little thing with righteousness, than great rents wrongfully gotten.

Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.

The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.

Give him his hire the same day, and let not the sun go down thereon. For he is needy and therewith sustaineth his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee.