Bible Verses About Integrity

or if I lifted my hand against an orphan, knowing that no one would dare charge me in court;

then let my arm fall from its socket, and let my forearm be broken at the elbow!

For calamity from God has always terrified me; before his majesty I could never do a thing [like that].

"If I made gold my hope, if I said to fine gold, 'You are my security,'

if I took joy in my great wealth, in my having acquired so much;

or if, on seeing the shining sun or the full moon as it moved through the sky,

my heart was secretly seduced, so that I would wave them a kiss with my hand;

then this too would be a criminal offense, for I would have been lying to God on high.

"Did I rejoice at the destruction of him who hated me? Was I filled with glee when disaster overtook him?

No, I did not allow my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

"Was there anyone in my tent who didn't say, 'No one can find a single person whom he has not filled with his meat'?

No stranger had to sleep in the street; I kept my house open to the traveler.

"If I concealed my sins, as most people do, by hiding my wrongdoing in my heart,

from fear of general gossip or dread of some family's contempt. keeping silent and not going outdoors

I wish I had someone who would listen to me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! I wish I had the indictment my adversary has written!

I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.

I would declare to him every one of my steps; I would approach him like a prince.

"If my land cried out against me, if its furrows wept together,

if I ate its produce without paying or made its owners despair;

then let thistles grow instead of wheat and noxious weeds instead of barley! "The words of Iyov are finished."

ADONAI my God, if I have caused this, if there is guilt on my hands,

if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me, when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;

then let the enemy pursue me until he overtakes me and tramples my life down into the earth; yes, let him lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)

A psalm of David: ADONAI, who can rest in your tent? Who can live on your holy mountain?

Those who live a blameless life, who behave uprightly, who speak truth from their hearts