Honesty Is the Best Policy (And It’s the Bible’s Policy Too!)

8 Bible verses to remind you to tell the truth

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Honesty is the foundation upon which meaningful conversations and relationships are built. Take away honesty and you undermine communication itself as well as our ability to get along with one another.

No wonder the Bible has much to say on this subject. Here are eight (8) Bible verses (in the classic King James Version) that remind us of the importance of being honest.

• “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” — Exodus 20:16
• “Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.” — Proverbs 12:22
• “A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.” — Proverbs 11:1
• “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.” — Ephesians 4:25
• “He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.” — Psalm 15:2
• “The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.” — Proverbs 11:3
• “The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for…