Business Ethics

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

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

Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

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

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

learn to do well; seek justice, 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 one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.

Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

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

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

But thou shalt remember Jehovah 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 at this day.

Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.

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 Sheol, whither thou goest.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;

Be sober, be watchful: 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 thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go 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 will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, 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 even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse inhisways, though he be rich.

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

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

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

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

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

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

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

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

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, 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, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.

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

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

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

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

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

And Jehovah 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, and in the day of adversity consider; yea, God hath made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy 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 workmanship, of the engraver, and of the skilful 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 workmanship, and of those that devise skilful works.

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

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

Much foodis inthe tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, 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 sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

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

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal 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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou 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; even 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 ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

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

Or 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 men, — read the full passage →

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.

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

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

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

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.