Bible Verses About Business Ethics
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for business ethics, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,683 votes, led by Leviticus 19:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Business Ethics
Leviticus 19:11454 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Romans 12:2293 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Colossians 3:23289 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 22:1288 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 11:1280 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Mark 8:36251 votes
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Colossians 3:17232 votes
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Proverbs 19:17196 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Leviticus 19:13193 votes
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Isaiah 1:17-19184 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Matthew 6:24169 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Micah 6:8163 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Luke 16:15152 votes
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Proverbs 20:23151 votes
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
Leviticus 25:39145 votes
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Psalms 15:1-5133 votes
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Mark 7:20-22128 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Leviticus 19:35-36127 votes
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
2 Timothy 3:16117 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Luke 16:10111 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Proverbs 13:1199 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Deuteronomy 8:1896 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord 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 it is this day.
Proverbs 10:495 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 16:894 votes
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Luke 6:3194 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
What does the Bible say about business ethics?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 19:11 on the subject of business ethics. Across 9,683 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 12:2, Colossians 3:23, Proverbs 22:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.