Integrity

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• General scriptures concerningGenesis 18:19Exodus 18:21Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:202 Samuel 22:21Job 10:7Job 13:15Job 13:18Job 16:17Job 27:4–6Job 29:14Job 31:1–40Psalms 7:3–5Psalms 7:8Psalms 15:1–5Psalms 17:3Psalms 18:20Psalms 24:3–5Psalms 26:1–3Psalms 69:4
• See Character
• See Dishonesty
• See Fraud
• See Honesty
• See Justice
• See Righteousness
• INSTANCES OF
• Pharaoh, when he learned that Sarah was Abraham's wifeGenesis 12:18
• Abimelech, when warned by God that the woman he had taken into his household was actually Abraham's wifeGenesis 26:9–11
• Jacob, in the care of Laban's propertyGenesis 31:39
• Joseph, in resisting Potiphar's wifeGenesis 39:8–12

The passages, in Bible order (111)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 12:18

   So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

   ›Commentary on Genesis 12:181 voice

   “Here is a most humiliating rebuke, and Abram deserved it. Had not God interfered, he might have been tempted to stay in Egypt and forget the promise (Ps 105:13, 15). Often still does God rebuke His people and remind them through enemies that this world is not their rest.

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2. Genesis 18:19

   For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 18:192 voices

   “For I know him,.... Not only by his omniscience, but with a special knowledge, such as is accompanied with peculiar love and affection; and so Jarchi says, it is expressive of love.

   “And they shall keep the way of the Lord - The true religion; God’s way; that in which God walks himself, and in which, of course, his followers walk also; to do justice and judgment; not only to preserve the truth in their creed, but maintain it in their practice.

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3. Genesis 26:9–11

   Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

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4. Genesis 31:39

   I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 31:392 voices

   “That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee--The shepherds are strictly responsible for losses in the flock, unless they can prove these were occasioned by wild beasts.

   “That which was torn - of my hand didst thou require it - This more particularly marks the covetous and rigorous disposition of Laban; for the law of God required that what had been torn by beasts the shepherd should not be obliged to make good, Exo 22:10, Exo 22:13. And it is very likely that this law was in force from the earliest times.

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5. Genesis 39:8–12

   But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 39:8–122 voices

   “But what should I say about the arrangement of his private house, which he governed? However, he accomplished more by ruling himself before others. And even though he was attractive in appearance and very handsome, he did not use the beauty of his face to cause harm to others, but preserved it for his own grace. He believed himself to be more beautiful if he could prove himself more attractive through modesty and the cultivation of chastity rather than through the loss of his virtue.

   “My master wotteth not - Knoweth not, from the old Anglo-Saxon, witan, to know; hence, wit, intellect, understanding, wisdom, prudence.

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6. Genesis 40:15

   For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 40:151 voice

   “For indeed I was stolen - גנב גנבתי gunnob gunnobti, stolen, I have been stolen - most assuredly I was stolen; and here also have I done nothing. These were simple assertions, into the proof of which he was ready to enter if called on.

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7. Genesis 43:15–22

   So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

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8. Genesis 44:7–16

   “Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

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9. Exodus 1:17–21

   The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 1:17–211 voice

   “The midwives feared God - Because they knew that God had forbidden murder of every kind; for though the law was not yet given, Exo 20:13, being Hebrews they must have known that God had from the beginning declared, Whosoever sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed, Gen 9:6. Therefore they saved the male children of all to whose assistance they were called. See Clarke’s note on Exo 1:19.

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10. Exodus 18:21

    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 18:212 voices

    “Hence Moses, who speaks with God, is judged by the reproof of Jethro, who was of alien race, because with ill-advised labour he devotes himself to the people's earthly affairs: and counsel too is presently given him, that he should appoint others in his stead for settling earthly strifes, and he himself should be more free to learn spiritual secrets for the instruction of the people.

    “Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all the people,.... Or look out (t) from among them; see Act 6:3, able men; or "men of power" (u); meaning not so much men of strong and robust constitutions, who, as Aben Ezra says, are able to bear labour; but men that have strength of heart, as Ben Gersom expresses it, men of spirit and courage, and are not afraid to do justice, to repress vice, and countenance virtue; or, as Maimonides says (w), have a strong heart, or courage and boldness to deliver the oppressed from the hands of the oppressor.

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11. Numbers 16:15

    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

    ›Commentary on Numbers 16:151 voice

    “And Moses was very wroth,.... Or "it heated Moses exceedingly" (p); made him very angry, caused him to burn with wrath against them; even the speech they made, the words they uttered, not so much on account of their ill usage of him, as for the dishonour cast upon the Lord: and said unto the Lord, respect not thou their offering; their "Minchah", the word is commonly used for the meat or bread offering.

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12. Deuteronomy 16:19

    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:192 voices

    “Judges and officers shalt thou make--These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. in all thy gates--The gate was the place of public resort among the Israelites and other Eastern people, where business was transacted and causes decided.

    The ninth plague was of darkness, by which the covetous and avaricious are struck, because nothing so blinds a man as covetousness. Whence the Prophet: "Gifts and presents blind the eyes of the prudent and change the words of the just."

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13. Deuteronomy 16:20

    Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:202 voices

    “Judges and officers shalt thou make--These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. in all thy gates--The gate was the place of public resort among the Israelites and other Eastern people, where business was transacted and causes decided.

    “In another place: "You shall follow justly after that which is just," lest we turn from justice, by asserting our own view of truth, recalling the experience of Saul and Agag.

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14. 1 Samuel 12:4

    “You have not wronged us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 12:42 voices

    “Samuel said unto all Israel--This public address was made after the solemn re-instalment of Saul, and before the convention at Gilgal separated. Samuel, having challenged a review of his public life, received a unanimous testimony to the unsullied honor of his personal character, as well as the justice and integrity of his public administration.

    In this way, too, Samuel, who judged the people so many years, and bore rule over Israel without any pride, in the end cleared himself, saying, "I have walked before you from my childhood even unto this day: answer me in the sight of God, and before His anointed; whose ox or whose ass of yours have I taken, or over whom have I tyrannized, or whom have I oppressed? or if I have received from the hand of any a bribe or [so much as] a shoe, speak out against me, and I will restore it to you."

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15. 1 Samuel 24:5

    Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 24:52 voices

    “When, therefore, he was alone and had removed his robe and laid it down somewhere beside him, the light from the mouth of the cave made him visible to those hidden within the darkness. All of David's companions wanted to rush upon the enemy and avenge themselves on the one who had come to kill them, since God had given the enemy into the hands of those who were being pursued for slaughter. But David forbade them to attack, considering an assault against their king unlawful. He drew his own sword from its sheath and imperceptibly stood behind Saul.

    “And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him,.... His conscience accused him, and he repented of what he had done: because he had cut off Saul's skirt; which though less than what his servants put him upon, and he might have thoughts of doing, yet was considered by him as a great indignity to his sovereign, and therefore sat uneasy on his mind.

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16. 1 Samuel 25:15

    Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

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