Bible Verses About Integrity

and keep their tongues from slander; who never do harm to others or seek to discredit neighbors;

who look with scorn on the vile, but honor those who fear ADONAI; who hold to an oath, no matter the cost;

who refuse usury when they lend money and refuse a bribe to damage the innocent. Those who do these things never will be moved.

Who may go up to the mountain of ADONAI? Who can stand in his holy place?

Those with clean hands and pure hearts, who don't make vanities the purpose of their lives or swear oaths just to deceive.

They will receive a blessing from ADONAI and justice from God, who saves them.

By David: Vindicate me, ADONAI, for I have lived a blameless life; unwaveringly I trust in ADONAI.

Examine me, ADONAI, test me, search my mind and heart.

For your grace is there before my eyes, and I live my life by your truth.

But as for me, I lost my balance, my feet nearly slipped,

when I grew envious of the arrogant and saw how the wicked prosper.

For when their death comes, it is painless; and meanwhile, their bodies are healthy;

they don't have ordinary people's troubles, they aren't plagued like others.

So for them, pride is a necklace; and violence clothes them like a robe.

Their eyes peep out through folds of fat; evil thoughts overflow from their hearts.

They scoff and speak with malice, they loftily utter threats.

They set their mouths against heaven; their tongues swagger through the earth.

Therefore his people return here and [thoughtlessly] suck up that whole cup of water.

Then they ask, "How does God know? Does the Most High really have knowledge?"

Yes, this is what the wicked are like; those free of misfortune keep increasing their wealth.

It's all for nothing that I've kept my heart clean and washed my hands, staying free of guilt;

for all day long I am plagued; my punishment comes every morning.

If I had said, "I will talk like them,"I would have betrayed a generation of your children.

When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

until I went into the sanctuaries of God and grasped what their destiny would be.