Money and work
What does the Bible say about business ethics?
Honest weights, fair wages and keeping your word run through Scripture's teaching on trade, because God cares how money is made, not only how it is given.
What Scripture says
Proverbs 11:1
“A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.”
Leviticus 19:13
““‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.”
James 5:4
“Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.”
Colossians 3:23-24
“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”
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