Honesty
32 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Leviticus 19:35–36 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. …
- Deuteronomy 16:20 Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 25:13–16 You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. …
- Job 27:6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.
- Psalm 7:3–4 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, …
- Psalm 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Psalm 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
- Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Proverbs 16:11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:10 Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Isaiah 33:15–16 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— …
- Ezekiel 45:10 You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Matthew 7:12 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.
- Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- Luke 3:12–13 Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” …
- Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- Acts 24:16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1–2 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart. …
- 2 Corinthians 7:2 Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
- 2 Corinthians 8:21 For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.
- Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think on these things.
- Colossians 3:22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. …
- Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
- 1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
Jacob, Returning Money Which had been Placed in the Sacks
- Genesis 43:12 Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
The Overseers of the Temple Repairs
- 2 Kings 12:15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
- 2 Kings 22:4–7 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. …
Treasurers of the Temple
- Nehemiah 13:13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.