Bible Verses About Starting a Business
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for starting a business, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 571 votes, led by Luke 14:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Starting a Business
Luke 14:28107 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Proverbs 3:3-875 votes
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Psalms 127:172 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Deuteronomy 8:1858 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.
1 Peter 5:837 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Matthew 7:24-2734 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Romans 12:1-232 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Jeremiah 9:23-2430 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Psalms 37:2328 votes
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Jeremiah 29:1124 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Genesis 13:17-1823 votes
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Proverbs 16:316 votes
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Luke 6:3815 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Proverbs 27:23-2710 votes
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
John 3:16-1710 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about starting a business?
Readers most often cite Luke 14:28 on the subject of starting a business. Across 571 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 3:3-8, Psalms 127:1, Deuteronomy 8:18. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.