Quotes About Integrity

For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,

Havenít you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ëThus declares the LORD,í even though I have not spoken?

Because they have led My people astray, saying, ëPeace,í when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,

Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ëWhere is the whitewash with which you covered it?í

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!í

Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighborís wife or approach a woman during her period.

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighborís wife.

He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his fatherís iniquity. He will surely live.

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ëEnough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.í

You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.

They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the kingís food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the kingís service.

When Arioch, the commander of the kingís guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.