"In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath…

"And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is…

"And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him" - Mark 12:17 KJV

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest" - Ecclesiastes 9:10 KJV

"Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;" - Romans 12:10-11 KJV

"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. Ye shall have just balances, and a…

"Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable…

"Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy…

"He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell…

"His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had…

"And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he…

"Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun" - Ecclesiastes 2:20 KJV

"The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat" - Proverbs 13:4 KJV

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men" - Proverbs 22:29 KJV

"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep" - Ecclesiastes 5:12 KJV

"It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth" - Proverbs 20:14 KJV

"A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion" - Psalms 112:5 KJV

"Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD" - Proverbs 20:10 KJV

"He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich" - Proverbs 10:4 KJV

"She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard" - Proverbs 31:16 KJV

"The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death" - Proverbs 21:6 KJV

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:" - Proverbs 6:6 KJV

"Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small" - Deuteronomy 25:13 KJV

"A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked" - Psalms 37:16 KJV

"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight" - Proverbs 11:1 KJV

"He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress" - Hosea 12:7 KJV