Entrepreneurship

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

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

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

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.

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

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. — read the full passage →

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

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

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

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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

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

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

They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?” — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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 →

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

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.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

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

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

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. — read the full passage →

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

Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

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

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

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.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

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

As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — 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?

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

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;

“‘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.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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

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

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

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

Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. — read the full passage →

Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. — read the full passage →

Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come. — read the full passage →

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies. — read the full passage →

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. — read the full passage →

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? — read the full passage →

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; — read the full passage →

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you. — read the full passage →

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. — read the full passage →

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

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

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia; — read the full passage →

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. — read the full passage →

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.” — read the full passage →

He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. — read the full passage →

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, — read the full passage →

Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. — read the full passage →

The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, — read the full passage →

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. — read the full passage →

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon, — read the full passage →

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, — read the full passage →

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

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.”