15 Bible Verses About Integrity



  • In the verses from Genesis, Job, Psalms and Proverbs, “integrity” and “blameless” translate tom, tummah oder tamim, words for completeness, wholeness and uprightness.
  • God’s command to Abram, “walk before me faithfully and be blameless,” comes before the covenant promise of Genesis 17:2.
  • God says Job “still maintains his integrity” after losing his herds, servants and children, and Job’s wife uses the same word when she tells him to curse God (Job 2:3, 2:9).
  • Psalm 41 claims integrity in verse 12 and confesses “I have sinned against you” in verse 4.
  • Luke 16:10 is followed by sayings on trust with someone else’s property and on the impossibility of serving both God and money (Luke 16:12-13).

The Bible treats integrity as wholeness of life before God. God tells Abram, “walk before me faithfully and be blameless” (Genesis 17:1), Proverbs 10:9 says, “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,” and Job keeps his integrity after losing his herds, servants and children (Job 2:3). In the verses below from Genesis, Job, Psalms and Proverbs, “integrity” and “blameless” translate related Hebrew words: tom and tummah, integrity or completeness, and tamim, complete or whole. In the New Testament the subject reaches…

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