Tag: Integrity

Proverbs 6

Warnings Against Folly 6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,    if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,2 you have been trapped by what you said,    ensnared by the words of your mouth.3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,    since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]    and give… Continue reading Proverbs 6

Honest Measures

35 “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. 36 Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah[d] and an honest hin.[e] I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.” Leviticus 19:35-36 My father-in-law signed up to be a poll worker this year. He’s a pleasant, older gentleman doing… Continue reading Honest Measures

Proverbs 11

11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,    but accurate weights find favor with him. 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,    but with humility comes wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guides them,    but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. 4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,    but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths… Continue reading Proverbs 11