100 Bible Verses About Integrity
Bible verses about Integrity
Exploring integrity through scripture offers a profound pathway to inner peace and a life that reflects God's character. The Bible reveals integrity not just as moral uprightness, but as a wholeness of being, where our thoughts, words, and actions align with divine truth. By studying these verses, we gain wisdom to navigate life's complexities with honesty and faithfulness. Understanding biblical integrity empowers us to build trust, strengthen relationships, and leave a lasting legacy of righteousness. Let these scriptures be a guide, inspiring us to live with unwavering integrity, illuminating God's love in a world that desperately needs it.
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Exodus 22:10 (KJV)
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
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And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
And when Moses heard that, he was content.
But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
The Bible's consistent emphasis on integrity, as highlighted in these verses, reveals its crucial role in our relationship with God and others. From Proverbs urging honesty and righteousness to Psalm's call for blameless living, the recurring theme underscores that integrity is not merely a desirable trait, but a foundational element of a life that honors God. Embracing integrity means choosing honesty over deception, justice over corruption, and unwavering commitment to truth in every aspect of our lives. Let these verses serve as a constant reminder to examine our hearts, align our actions with our beliefs, and pursue a life of unwavering integrity, trusting that such a life will be blessed by God and leave a positive impact on the world around us.