27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.

You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.

So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.

They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.

Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption.

You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.

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

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

But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."

You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.