Bible Verses About Entrepreneurship
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for entrepreneurship, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,096 votes, led by Matthew 25:14-30. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Entrepreneurship
Matthew 25:14-30111 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Proverbs 22:2992 votes
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Deuteronomy 28:1-1482 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Proverbs 4:754 votes
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Psalms 23:1-641 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Ecclesiastes 10:1940 votes
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Ecclesiastes 7:1237 votes
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Deuteronomy 8:1833 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 16:333 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
1 Thessalonians 3:1232 votes
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Hosea 10:1230 votes
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Matthew 25:24-3030 votes
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Luke 16:1230 votes
And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?
Joshua 1:829 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Proverbs 22:426 votes
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
Romans 12:1126 votes
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Deuteronomy 16:1924 votes
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 13:1123 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Mark 3:2423 votes
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Colossians 3:2323 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 3:5-619 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 10:415 votes
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 14:2315 votes
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Luke 16:1014 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.
John 6:28-2914 votes
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
What does the Bible say about entrepreneurship?
Readers most often cite Matthew 25:14-30 on the subject of entrepreneurship. Across 1,096 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:29, Deuteronomy 28:1-14, Proverbs 4:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.