Top 25 Bible Verses About Be Honest (NIV)

⁹ Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

²⁵ Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

¹⁵ "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. ¹⁶ By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

¹² So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

³³ Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

²⁴ "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

¹⁵ Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

¹⁸ Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

²⁶ "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast.

⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--

¹ Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

¹ The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight.

¹³ Do not have two differing weights in your bag-one heavy, one light. ¹⁴ Do not have two differing measures in your house-one large, one small. ¹⁵ You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. ¹⁶ For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.

¹⁶ "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

⁸ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

¹⁰ Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,

¹² so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

²³ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

¹ Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

⁵ Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

¹⁶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

¹³ "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."