(NIV)
We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.’
We are
all sons of
one man. We are
honest men. Your
servants have
never been
spies.”
(NIV)
if you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.
if you are
honest men, let
one of
your brothers remain
confined where you are in
custody, and let the rest
go and
carry grain for the
famine of
your households,
(NIV)
But we said to him, “We are honest men; we are not spies.
But we
said to him, ‘We are
honest men;
we have
never been
spies.
(NIV)
‘Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, “This is how I will know whether you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.
Then the
man, the
lord of the
land,
said to us, ‘
By this I shall
know that you are
honest men:
leave one of
your brothers with me, and
take grain for the
famine of your
households, and
go your way.
(NIV)
But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.”’
Bring your
youngest brother to me. Then I shall
know that you are
not spies but
honest men, and I will
deliver your brother to you, and you shall
trade in the
land.’”
(NIV)
Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Keep
far from a
false charge, and do
not kill the
innocent and
righteous,
for I will
not acquit the
wicked.
(NIV)
Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.
You shall have
just balances,
just weights, a
just ephah, and a
just hin: I
am the
Lord your
God,
who brought you out of the
land of
Egypt.
(NIV)
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.
A
full and
fair weight you shall have, a
full and
fair measure you shall have, that your
days may
be long in the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you.
(NIV)
So Achish called David and said to him, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased for you to serve with me in the army. From the day you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers don’t approve of you.
Then
Achish called David and
said to him, “As the
Lord lives, you have been
honest, and to me it
seems right that you should
march out and
in with me in the
campaign.
For I have
found nothing wrong in you
from the
day of your
coming to me
to this day. Nevertheless, the
lords do
not approve of
you.
(NIV)
But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.’
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the
money that is
delivered into their
hand, for
they deal honestly.”
(NIV)
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.
I
know, my
God,
that
you test the
heart and have
pleasure in
uprightness. In the
uprightness of my
heart I have
freely offered all these
things, and
now I have
seen your
people, who are
present here,
offering freely and
joyously to
you.
(NIV)
How painful are honest words!
But what do your arguments prove?
How forceful are
upright words!
But
what does
reproof from
you reprove?
(NIV)
let God weigh me in honest scales
and he will know that I am blameless –
(Let me be
weighed in a
just balance,
and let
God know my integrity!)
(NIV)
An honest witness tells the truth,
but a false witness tells lies.
Whoever
speaks the
truth gives honest evidence,
but a
false witness utters
deceit.
(NIV)
An honest witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies.
A
faithful witness does
not lie,
but a
false witness breathes out lies.
(NIV)
Honest scales and balances belong to the
Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.
A
just balance and
scales are the
Lord’s;
all the
weights in the
bag are his
work.
(NIV)
Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they value the one who speaks what is right.
Righteous lips are the
delight of a
king,
and he
loves him who
speaks what is
right.
(NIV)
If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,
surely to flog honest officials is not right.
To impose a
fine on a
righteous man is
not good,
nor to
strike the
noble for their
uprightness.
(NIV)
teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,
so that you bring back truthful reports
to those you serve?
to make you
know what is
right and
true,
that you may give a
true answer to those who
sent you?
(NIV)
An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Whoever gives an
honest answerkisses the
lips.
(NIV)
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
(ESV)
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
(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.
Let the
thief no
longer steal,
but rather let him
labor,
doing
honest work with his
own hands, so
that he may
have something to
share with anyone
in need.
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