Being Honest

The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

and the truth shall make you free.'

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse <FI>in<Fi> his lips, who <FI>is<Fi> a fool.

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

The delight of kings <FI>are<Fi> righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Better <FI>is<Fi> a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness--deceit.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile; — read the full passage →

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon; — read the full passage →

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

`And thou--if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, in simplicity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee--My statutes and My judgments thou dost keep-- — read the full passage →

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

that through two immutable things, in which <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before <FI>us<Fi> ,

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

`Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God.

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility, — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth, — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

A just beam and balances <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, His work <FI>are<Fi> all the stones of the bag.

Good <FI>is<Fi> the man--gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

`And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain <FI>it<Fi> , and bear fruit in continuance.

Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> not good.

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood.

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. — read the full passage →

For upright <FI>is<Fi> the word of Jehovah, And all His work <FI>is<Fi> in faithfulness.

Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.

Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath--ye have.

Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. — read the full passage →

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

These <FI>are<Fi> the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates, — read the full passage →

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, <FI>Is<Fi> a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

`And thou--thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed <FI>these<Fi> over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise. — read the full passage →

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me. — read the full passage →

Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; — read the full passage →

`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

hath not he himself said to me, She <FI>is<Fi> my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He <FI>is<Fi> my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.' — read the full passage →

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; — read the full passage →

The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

In transgression of the lips <FI>is<Fi> the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress. — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not steal. — read the full passage →

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

for our exhortation <FI>is<Fi> not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he <FI>is<Fi> faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.