Bible Verses About Being Honest

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

“Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.”

“For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.”

“Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.”

“Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

“He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.”

“Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.”

“He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.”

“Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.”

“To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.”

“Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.”

“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.”

“Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”

“In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.”

“He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.”

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

“For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

“You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.”

“Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

“And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

“The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.”

“Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.”

“Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.”

“But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.”

“It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.”

“Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

“Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.”

“Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.”

“If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”

“I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.”

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials so that the proven character of your faith — more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake. Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God. Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.”

“An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.”

“An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.”

“But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.”

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.”

“As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.”

“For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.”

“So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous. For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;”

“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.”

“Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.”

“He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.”

“No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.”

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.”

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.”

“Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.”

“Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.”