The word in Scripture

Integrity in the Bible

The word integrity appears 16 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Integrity is wholeness and honesty of heart before God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What integrity means in the Bible

Integrity is wholeness and honesty of heart before God.

Where the word integrity appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word integrity appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.”Genesis 20:6

“And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:”1 Kings 9:4

“Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.”Job 2:9

“God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.”Job 27:5

“The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.”Psalms 7:8

“Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.”Psalms 26:1

“The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.”Proverbs 11:3

“Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.”Proverbs 19:1