Integrity

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

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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

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

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

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;

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God; — read the full passage →

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

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;

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

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

`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;

Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited <FI>on<Fi> Thee.

Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,

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!'

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. — read the full passage →

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

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'

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

`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--

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.

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

The path for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

For receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

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

Pollution to me--if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

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;

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

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;

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

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!

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

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace <FI>are<Fi> his lips, a king <FI>is<Fi> his friend.

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,

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

And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,

By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not. — read the full passage →

And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I--I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit. — read the full passage →

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

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

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.'

The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

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

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place? — read the full passage →

And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching; — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

A man--he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment, — read the full passage →

Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path.

`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.

`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,

and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord's wife, `Lo, my lord hath not known what <FI>is<Fi> with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand; — read the full passage →

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

And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself. — 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 →

A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

`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 →

And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, `Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.'

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — 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 →

For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. — read the full passage →

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

And Achish calleth unto David, and saith unto him, `Jehovah liveth, surely thou <FI>art<Fi> upright, and good in mine eyes is thy going out, and thy coming in, with me in the camp, for I have not found in thee evil from the day of thy coming in unto me till this day; and in the eyes of the princes thou art not good;

they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking. — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

Lo, He doth slay me--I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

Also, from the day that he appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the thirty and second year of Artaxerxes the king--twelve years--I, and my brethren, the bread of the governor have not eaten: — read the full passage →

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin? — read the full passage →

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth <FI>his<Fi> going.

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

And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

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

Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near <FI>is<Fi> My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.'

See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me. — read the full passage →

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

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

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

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 →

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;

I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;