The integrity of the honest keeps them on track;
the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.
[Proverbs 11:3]

An honest life shows respect for God;
a degenerate life is a slap in his face.
[Proverbs 14:2]

God cares about honesty in the workplace;
your business is his business.
[Proverbs 16:11]

Better to be poor and honest than a rich person no one can trust.
[Proverbs 19:1]

God-loyal people, living honest lives,
make it much easier for their children.
[Proverbs 20:7]


Since God has so generously let us in on what he is doing, we're not about to throw up our hands and walk off the job just because we run into occasional hard times. We refuse to wear masks and play games. We don't maneuver and manipulate behind the scenes. And we don't twist God's Word to suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we do and say out in the open, the whole truth on display, so that those who want to can see and judge for themselves in the presence of God.

If our Message is obscure to anyone, it's not because we're holding back in any way. No, it's because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won't have to bother believing a Truth they can't see. They're stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we'll ever get.
[2 Corinthians 4:2-4]

No prolonged infancies among us, please. We'll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for impostors. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
[Ephesians 4:15]