Bible Verses About Honesty: General references

Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

You shall haue iust ballances, true weightes, a true Ephah, and a true Hin. I am the Lord your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt.

Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small,

Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small:

But thou shalt haue a right and iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

O Lord my God, if I haue done this thing, if there be any wickednes in mine handes,

If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that had peace with mee, (yea I haue deliuered him that vexed me without cause)

Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

He shall dwell on hie: his defence shall be the munitions of rockes: bread shalbe giuen him, and his waters shalbe sure.

Then came there Publicanes also to bee baptized, and saide vnto him, Master, what shall we doe?

And hee saide vnto them, Require no more then that which is appointed vnto you.

Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not:

But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.

And that ye studie to be quiet, and to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commanded you,

That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.