Bible Verses About Business Practices
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for business practices, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,002 votes, led by Leviticus 25:14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Business Practices
Leviticus 25:14110 votes
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Proverbs 11:1103 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
1 Timothy 6:1059 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Matthew 5:3757 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
2 Thessalonians 3:1053 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Colossians 3:1749 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.
Deuteronomy 8:1844 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.
Colossians 3:9-1043 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
James 2:1-2642 votes
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Proverbs 6:16-1938 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 22:2935 votes
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
1 Corinthians 10:3133 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Proverbs 10:428 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 24:2728 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs 22:2626 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Romans 12:17-2126 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Romans 12:219 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.
Proverbs 3:5-618 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Exodus 20:1615 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Leviticus 19:1314 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.
Colossians 3:2314 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
James 1:1914 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 13:1113 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 16:812 votes
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 22:1612 votes
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
What does the Bible say about business practices?
Readers most often cite Leviticus 25:14 on the subject of business practices. Across 1,002 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 11:1, 1 Timothy 6:10, Matthew 5:37. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.