Biblical Principles For Business

What are your goals for your business? Do you want to make millions or just enough for your kid’s college fund? No matter what your goals are, there are biblical principles you can apply. Nearly 20 percent of all the verses in the bible relate to finances, land, money, goods, cattle, personal belongings and so on. This assures us that God is concerned about our finances. We have a God given right to a successful business if that is a desire of your heart. Here are a few of those basic principles that can be practically applied to our everyday business and finances.

1. You must consistently work hard but also smart in your business.
“For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat” 2 Thess. 3:10
Prov. 6:6-11, Prov. 24:30-31, Prov. 28:19

2. You must operate your business with integrity and also be respectful of another man’s business.
“Do not be deceived. God can not be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” Galatians 6:7-9

3. You must be willing to help others. Help someone else become a success in their business even if it does not benefit you.
“Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38
Corinthians 9:6-7, Galatians 6:7,9

4. Give a minimum of 10% back to charity, church and/or the needy. Set aside another portion for a rainy day.
“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” Luke 16:10
Galatians 6:7,9; Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:6,7; 1Tim.5:8, Deut.26:2,5, Matt. 25:23

5. No matter what your circumstance or education level, know that you have everything already inside of you to succeed. You are entitled to success.
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired and weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40: 28-31
Deut. 8:18, Psalm 23:5-6, Eccl. 5:18-19, Psalm 35:27, Ephesians 3:20

Read these scriptures daily. Prosperity and poverty are not by accident.