Quotes about Honesty
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
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
— Leviticus 19:35
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.
— Leviticus 19:36