30 life-changing Bible verses to empower business owners and managers

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We’ve selected a list of insightful Bible scriptures relating to financial management and leadership to empower you in the arena of business.

30 inspiring Bible verses about business ethics 

1. The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. – Genesis 11:6

2. Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish. (Jesus) – Luke 14: 28-30

3. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters . . . . – Colossians 3:23

4. Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight. – Leviticus 19:13

5. Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.  – Jeremiah 22:13

6. If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me, what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?  – Job 31:13-14 

7. Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow. – Proverbs 13:11

8. All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. – Proverbs 14:23

9. Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. – Ecclesiastes 11:6

10. Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank. – Proverbs 22:29

11. Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. – Proverbs 10:4

12. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4

13. A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. – Proverbs 18:16

14. Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – Timothy 5:8

15. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat. – 2 Thessalonians – 3:10

16. Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you 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. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that. – James 4: 13-15

17. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. – Joshua 1:9

18. Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. – John 4:1

19. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. – James 1: 5-8

20. Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him. The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. – Genesis 26:12

21. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. – James 2: 14- 17

22. Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. – Proverbs 6: 6-8

23. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. – Luke 16:10

24. Remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today. – Deuteronomy 8:18

25. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. – 1 Peter 4:10

26. The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. – Proverbs 21:5

27. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. – Romans 12:16

28. We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28

29. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. – Mathew 7:7

30. Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction. – Proverbs 29:18 

The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. – Deuteronomy 28:13

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