You shall rise before the aged, and defer to the old; and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

You shall not cheat in measuring length, weight, or quantity. You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and observe them: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:32-37

People want to do business with people they can trust. Trust is what makes business work. It is the bedrock of the free-enterprise system. We are told in the Old Testament that we are to keep honest scales. There is a good way to evaluate our daily choices. Would you be embarrassed if you read about something you were doing, or your family ready about something you were doing, in the newspaper? Honesty is not only the best policy, it is God’s policy for every aspect of our lives. Living with integrity honors and glorifies Him.

Honesty is always the best policy.

Our Daily Bread – February 17, 2004