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Want to know what the Bible says about Honesty? Here are 188 Bible verses about Honesty from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 12:17 NIV
An honest witness tells the truth,
    but a false witness tells lies.
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Ephesians 4:28 NIV
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
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Luke 16:10 NIV
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
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Proverbs 16:8 NIV
Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain with injustice.
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Proverbs 20:23 NIV
The Lord detests differing weights,
    and dishonest scales do not please him.
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Proverbs 21:3 NIV
To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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2 Corinthians 4:2 NIV
Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
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Leviticus 19:35 NIV
“‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
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1 Peter 2:12 NIV
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
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1 John 3:18 NIV
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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Leviticus 19:11 NIV
“‘Do not steal.
“‘Do not lie.
“‘Do not deceive one another.
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Matthew 7:12 NIV
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
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Luke 16:10-12 NIV
10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?
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Proverbs 28:6 NIV
Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.
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Ephesians 4:15 NIV
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
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2 Kings 12:15 NIV
They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.
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2 Timothy 2:15 NIV
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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Proverbs 4:25 NIV
Let your eyes look straight ahead;
    fix your gaze directly before you.
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Proverbs 28:18 NIV
The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.
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John 14:6 NIV
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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