Bible Verses About Being Honest
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being honest, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,737 votes, led by Proverbs 11:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Honest
Proverbs 11:3201 votes
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Exodus 20:16102 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
John 8:3299 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Proverbs 12:2290 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 11:187 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
2 Corinthians 8:2180 votes
Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Proverbs 19:177 votes
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Luke 16:1073 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Proverbs 10:970 votes
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 16:1367 votes
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Philippians 4:857 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Colossians 3:954 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Proverbs 28:1850 votes
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Matthew 5:3750 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Proverbs 6:16-2049 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 21:349 votes
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 16:848 votes
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Ephesians 4:2548 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Psalms 51:647 votes
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Acts 24:1646 votes
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Proverbs 12:1745 votes
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Luke 6:3145 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
1 Peter 3:10-1244 votes
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Ephesians 4:1543 votes
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Leviticus 19:1140 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
What does the Bible say about being honest?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 11:3 on the subject of being honest. Across 3,737 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 20:16, John 8:32, Proverbs 12:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.