Quotes About Honesty

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying anotherís confidence,

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ëSeek Me in a wasteland.í I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

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

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

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

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.

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

Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?