Be honest and you show that you have reverence for the LORD; be dishonest and you show that you do not.

It is better to be poor but honest than to be a lying fool.

Those who obey God in everything and always do what is right, whose words are true and sincere,

Declare me innocent, O LORD, because I do what is right and trust you completely.

As for me, I do what is right; be merciful to me and save me!

You can survive if you say and do what is right. Don't use your power to cheat the poor and don't accept bribes. Don't join with those who plan to commit murder or to do other evil things.

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity, by the power of God's grace and not by human wisdom.

For God has revealed his grace for the salvation of all people.

That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world,

I was so happy when some Christians arrived and told me how faithful you are to the truth---just as you always live in the truth.

Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children live in the truth.

Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous.

"I will keep my promise to you and to your descendants in future generations as an everlasting covenant. I will be your God and the God of your descendants.

At all times they give freely and lend to others, and their children are a blessing.

The good man's children will be powerful in the land; his descendants will be blessed.

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away---all whom the Lord our God calls to himself."