Quotes about Honesty
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
- Genesis 42:34
We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
- Genesis 43:22
Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Exodus 18:21
You shall not steal.
- Exodus 20:15
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 20:16
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Exodus 23:1
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
- Exodus 23:2
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
- Exodus 23:8
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
- Leviticus 5:1
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- Leviticus 6:3
or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
- Leviticus 6:5
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Leviticus 19:11