'Honest' in the Bible

We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies."

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies!

"Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.'"

You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord's servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report.

So Achish summoned David and said to him, "As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable.

They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.

Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest."

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.

I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, 'The Just City, Faithful Town.'"

Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name 'Israel,' and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel -- but not in an honest and just manner.

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting."

The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.