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Bible Verses About Honesty
Find Bible verses about honesty — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about honesty?
The Bible addresses honesty with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Deuteronomy 5:19
“"Neither shall you steal.”
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Exodus 20:15
“"You shall not steal.”
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Proverbs 20:14
“"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.”
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Proverbs 27:5
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love.”
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Proverbs 24:26
“An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.”
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Psalms 66:18
“If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.”
Leviticus 19:11
“"'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.”
Proverbs 30:8
“Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;”
Proverbs 11:1
“A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.”
Proverbs 28:23
“One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.”
Proverbs 10:18
“He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.”
Zechariah 8:17
“and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.”
Genesis 3:10
“The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."”
Colossians 3:9
“Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,”
Proverbs 20:23
“Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.”
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Proverbs 20:10 — “Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh....”
Job 33:3 — “My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely...”
Proverbs 12:17 — “He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies....”
Job 27:4 — “surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit....”
Psalms 116:10 — “I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."...”
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