843 verses about Honesty

Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?

He will surely reprove you, if you secretly show partiality.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye shall see me.’ He disguises his face.

If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”

surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!

I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him.

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

For I don’t know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.

Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

He who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

Let my sentence come out of your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

Once I have sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

Arrogant speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.