Business Ethics

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: — read the full passage →

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; — read the full passage →

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. — read the full passage →

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. — read the full passage →

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? — read the full passage →

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. — read the full passage →

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. — read the full passage →

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.