Quotes About Integrity

And at Danielís request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the kingís court.

At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.

TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.

Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”

Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”

So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.