Bible verses about Business
Verses about honest trade, fair dealing and work that honours God.
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
Deuteronomy 8:18Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
Proverbs 11:1Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Proverbs 16:3Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Proverbs 16:11Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Proverbs 22:29By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
Proverbs 24:4Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Proverbs 27:23Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Jeremiah 29:7Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Luke 16:10So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
Luke 16:11In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 20:35Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Romans 12:17So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Ephesians 4:28Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:23and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
1 Thessalonians 4:11Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
1 Thessalonians 4:12Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
James 4:13You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:14Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
James 4:15