Quotes About Integrity

Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ëDo not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.í

But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is Godís throne;

Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Simply let your ëYesí be ëYes,í and your ëNo,í ëNo.í Anything more comes from the evil one.

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

How can you say to your brother, ëLet me take the speck out of your eye,í while there is still a beam in your own eye?

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

ëThese people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “ëDo not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

And He declared to them, “It is written: ëMy house will be called a house of prayer.í But you are making it ëa den of robbers.í”

Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ëI will, sir,í he said. But he did not go.

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ëIf anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.í

So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

And he who swears by heaven swears by Godís throne and by the One who sits on it.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.