27 Bible Verses about Business Ethics

He becomes poor who deals with a lazy hand. The hand of the diligent makes rich.

The lazy man desires and has nothing. The diligent man will be made rich.

Do you see a man diligent in his business? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before unknown men.

Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.

Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag.

Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph. He did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well built and good-looking.

The men in charge of the work were very honest. There was no need to require them to account for the funds.

Then the commissioners and the governors sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom. They could find no charge, nor error, nor fault, for he was faithful.

Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.

A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.

Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise! The lowly ant has no guide or overseer. It prepares its food in the summer and gathers food at the harvest.

He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps at the harvest is a son who causes shame.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows worthless people lacks sense.

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished. He who gathers by labor will increase.

You uphold me in my integrity. You set me in your presence forever.

The integrity of the upright will guide them. The perverseness of transgressors will destroy them.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

It will happen when Jehovah has performed all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will say: I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty appearance.

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

He is lazy in his work. His brother destroys.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding.

Better to be poor with righteousness than rich with injustice.

Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit.

A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.

Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.