Prayers

Prayers for business and enterprise

For founders, owners, and anyone whose livelihood is on the line.

  1. Starting a business

    Lord, I'm about to take a risk.

    Proverbs 16:3 · Psalm 90:17 · Luke 14:28 · Proverbs 21:5 · Proverbs 24:27 · Ecclesiastes 11:6 · Proverbs 16:9 · Proverbs 15:22 · James 4:13-15 · Deuteronomy 8:18 · Colossians 3:23-24

  2. My business is struggling

    Lord, the numbers aren't adding up.

    Habakkuk 3:17-18 · Philippians 4:19 · Psalm 37:25 · Matthew 6:31-33 · Proverbs 27:23-24 · Ecclesiastes 11:2 · Psalm 90:17 · 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 · James 1:5 · Psalm 55:22 · Isaiah 41:10

  3. Keeping integrity in business

    Lord, there is pressure to shade the truth: a little padding on the invoice, a promise I can't quite keep, a shortcut everyone else takes.

    Proverbs 11:1 · Proverbs 10:9 · Proverbs 22:1 · Leviticus 19:35-36 · Psalm 15:1-2 · Psalm 15:4 · Luke 16:10 · Proverbs 13:11 · Proverbs 28:6 · Micah 6:8 · Titus 2:7

  4. Caring for the people I employ

    Lord, the people who work for me have families, bills, and bad days of their own.

    Colossians 4:1 · Ephesians 6:9 · Leviticus 19:13 · Deuteronomy 24:14-15 · James 5:4 · Proverbs 3:27 · Luke 6:31 · Proverbs 27:23 · Philippians 2:3-4 · 1 Timothy 5:18 · Micah 6:8

The verses these prayers stand on

Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: Proverbs 16:3, Psalm 90:17, Luke 14:28, Proverbs 21:5, Proverbs 24:27, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 15:22, James 4:13-15, Deuteronomy 8:18, Colossians 3:23-24, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Philippians 4:19, Psalm 37:25, Matthew 6:31-33, Proverbs 27:23-24, Ecclesiastes 11:2, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, James 1:5, Psalm 55:22, Isaiah 41:10, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 10:9, Proverbs 22:1, Leviticus 19:35-36, Psalm 15:1-2, Psalm 15:4, Luke 16:10, Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 28:6, Micah 6:8, Titus 2:7, Colossians 4:1, Ephesians 6:9, Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, James 5:4, Proverbs 3:27, Luke 6:31, Proverbs 27:23, Philippians 2:3-4, 1 Timothy 5:18.