Bible Verses about Honesty

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• Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
  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 that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true.
  1 John 1:6sintruthlying
• Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
  Matthew 5:8blessingheart
• Pay to all what is due them—taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
  Romans 13:7moneyawedebt
• Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
  2 Timothy 2:15truthwork
• A perverse person spreads strife,
  and a whisperer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28gossipfriendshiplying
• Better is a little with righteousness
  than large income with injustice.
  Proverbs 16:8righteousnessmoneycontentment
• Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;
  do not fret over those who prosper in their way,
  over those who carry out evil devices.
  Psalm 37:7lifepatience
• But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
  James 3:17peacewisdom
• Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
  when it is in your power to do it.
  Proverbs 3:27givingdebt
• Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
  but those who act faithfully are his delight.
  Proverbs 12:22lyingspeakingtruth
• Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
  but righteousness delivers from death.
  Proverbs 10:2moneyrighteousness
• Above all, my beloved, 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 5:12truthspeakingjudgment
• It is well with those who deal generously and lend,
  who conduct their affairs with justice.
  Psalm 112:5generositymercy
• No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
  Luke 8:16holinesslight
• Let your eyes look directly forward,
  and your gaze be straight before you.
  Proverbs 4:25reliabilityrighteousness
• Then you will understand righteousness and justice
  and equity, every good path.
  Proverbs 2:9righteousnessgoodness
• Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known.
  Luke 12:2truth
• For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, busy with this very thing.
  Romans 13:6moneygreed
• “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us but to God!”
  Acts 5:3-4lyingmoneydevil
• Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes.
  2 Chronicles 19:7awerighteousness