Topic

Honesty

Passages from across the Bible

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

  • Leviticus 19:35–36 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • 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. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. Fo…
  • 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, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
  • 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.
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Proverbs 16:11 Proverbs 20:10 Proverbs 20:23 Isaiah 33:15–16 Ezekiel 45:10 Matthew 7:12 Mark 10:19 Luke 3:12–13 Luke 6:31 Acts 24:16 2 Corinthians 4:1–2 2 Corinthians 7:2 2 Corinthians 8:21 Philippians 4:8 Colossians 3:22 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 Hebrews 13:18 1 Peter 2:12

Instances of

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. And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give…

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 responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

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Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “honesty” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.