Honesty

          fairness and straightforwardness of conduct : adherence to the facts : SINCERITY

          Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

          Deuteronomy 16:20
          That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

          Deuteronomy 25:15
          But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

          Psalm 15:1-2
          LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

          Psalm 19:14
          Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

          Psalm 24:3-4
          Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

          Psalm 51:6
          Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

          Proverbs 3:3-4
          Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

          Proverbs 12:19, 22
          19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
          Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

          Proverbs 16:13
          Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

          Proverbs 28:13
          He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

          Proverbs 29:14
          The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

          Ephesians 4:25
          Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

          Colossians 3:9
          Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

          I Peter 3:10
          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:

          Biblical Examples of Honesty

          Jacob returning money - Genesis 43:12

          Overseers of Temple Repairs - II Kings 12:15; 22:4-7

          Temple Treasurer - Nehemiah 13:13

          Stories to Read

          The Boy Who Cried "Wolf"
                by Aesop

          The Honest Woodman
                by Emilie Poulsson

          The Shepherd Boy
               Aesop

          The Piece of String
               Guy de Maupassant

          Honest Abe
                by Haratio Alger

          The Pied Piper of Hamelin
                by Robert Browning

          The Emperor's New Clothes
                by Hans Christian Anderson

          Truth
                by Ben Jonson

          Nobility
                by Alice Cary

          Francis Bacon on Truth
               From "Of Truth"

          The Honest Farmer
               Retold by Ella Lyman Cabot

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