UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Honesty
- Proverbs 11:1 - The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight.
- Leviticus 19:35-36 - Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight, or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights.
- Leviticus 25:17 - Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 25:13,15-16 - Do not have two differing weights in your bag - one heavy one light. You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord is giving you. For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
Humility
- Proverbs 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 11:3 - The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
- Proverbs 22:4 - Humility and the fear of the Lord bring wealth and honor and life.
Generosity
- Proverbs 11:24 - One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
- Proverbs 11:25 - A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Proverbs 11:26 - People curse the man who hoards grain, but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.
- Proverbs 22:9 - A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Submission
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 - Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Impacting the Culture
- Matthew 5:13 - You are salt and light of the earth. But if the salt looses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
- Matthew 5:14-16 - You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
- Phil 2:13 - 16 - ...for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life - in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.
- 2 Corinth 3:18 - And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Numbers 13:30 - Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
- 1 Peter 2:9 - But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- James 2:15-17 - Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
- 1 John 3:17-18 - If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
Speaking
- James 3:5-6 - Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
- James 3:9-11 - With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
- Psalm 34:13 - Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
- Proverbs 13:3 - He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 21:23 - He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.
- Proverbs 4:24 - Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk from your lips.
- Proverbs 10:20 - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
- Proverbs 10:21 - The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 20:15 - Gold there is and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
Reputation
- Proverbs 22:1 - A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
- James 1:22 - Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
- Proverbs 11:3 - The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
- Deuteronomy 23:23 - Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
- Ecclesiastes 5: 4-5 - When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
Business Tithing
- Malachi 3:10 - "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house." "Test me in this,"" says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it."
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 - Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
- Proverbs 3:9-10 - Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Stewardship
- Luke 16:10-12 - 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. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with great riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?
- Luke 12:48 - From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
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