Business Practices

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

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

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

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.

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.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

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

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

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

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

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.

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

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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

“‘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.

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

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

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

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

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

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;

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

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

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

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

Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word. — read the full passage →

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.

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. — read the full passage →

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; — read the full passage →

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.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

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

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

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

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

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

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.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

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

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. — read the full passage →

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

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

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

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

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

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

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 →

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;

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” — read the full passage →

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

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.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

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

He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

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.

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

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

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

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

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.”

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

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

“‘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.’”

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

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, — read the full passage →

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for. — 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.

Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? — read the full passage →