Business Ethics

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

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

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

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you 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 one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

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

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

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

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty. — read the full passage →

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to 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.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

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

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“‘If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.”

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

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

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always. — read the full passage →

At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. — read the full passage →

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may 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 you will 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 petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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 perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.

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

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

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.