Quotes about Integrity
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
— 2 Chronicles 34:2
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
— Nehemiah 5:6
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
— Nehemiah 5:8
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
— Nehemiah 5:9
“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
— Nehemiah 5:12
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
— Nehemiah 5:15
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
— Nehemiah 6:3
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
— Nehemiah 6:4
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
— Nehemiah 6:11
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
— Nehemiah 6:12
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
— Nehemiah 6:13
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
— Nehemiah 10:30