Keep Your Word

" But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. " (Matthew 5:37)

" Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. ... In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. " (Psalm 15:1-2,4)
" He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. " (Psalm 101:7)
" Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. " (Exodus 20:16)
" Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. " (Ephesians 4:25)
" When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. " (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5)
" In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. " (Proverbs 10:19)
" Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. " (Psalm 19:14)

Developing Character - Truthfulness vs. Deception

Truthfulness is communicating by life and word what is genuine and accurate.