Bible Verses about Honesty

• Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
  1 John 3:18truthspeaking
• The integrity of the upright guides them,
  but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
  Proverbs 11:3reliability
• To do righteousness and justice
  is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
  Proverbs 21:3righteousnesssacrifice
• If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
  1 John 1:6sintruthlying
• Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
  Romans 13:7moneyawedebt
• Blessed are the pure in heart,
  for they shall see God.
  Matthew 5:8blessingheart
• A dishonest man spreads strife,
  and a whisperer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28gossipfriendshiplying
• Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
  2 Timothy 2:15truthwork
• Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
  fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
  over the man who carries out evil devices!
  Psalm 37:7lifepatience
• But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
  James 3:17peacewisdom
• Better is a little with righteousness
  than great revenues with injustice.
  Proverbs 16:8righteousnessmoneycontentment
• Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
  when it is in your power to do it.
  Proverbs 3:27givingdebt
• Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
  but righteousness delivers from death.
  Proverbs 10:2moneyrighteousness
• But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.
  James 5:12truthspeakingjudgement
• It is well with the man who deals generously and lends;
  who conducts his affairs with justice.
  Psalm 112:5generositymercy
• No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
  Luke 8:16holinesslight
• Then you will understand righteousness and justice
  and equity, every good path.
  Proverbs 2:9righteousnessgoodness
• Let your eyes look directly forward,
  and your gaze be straight before you.
  Proverbs 4:25reliabilityrighteousness
• Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
  but those who act faithfully are his delight.
  Proverbs 12:22lyingspeakingtruth
• For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.
  Romans 13:6moneygreed
• Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
  Luke 12:2truth
• But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”
  Acts 5:3-4lyingmoneydevil