Quotes About Integrity

He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.

Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldnít you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.

Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.