Quotes About Integrity

If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighborís property.

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ëThis is mine,í both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.

If you take your neighborís cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

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

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

If you encounter your enemyís stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

You must not have sexual relations with your fatherís wife; it would dishonor your father.

You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your sonís wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

You must not lie carnally with your neighborís wife and thus defile yourself with her.

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

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.