Prov: Integrity

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INTEGRITY: Part 1
YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT

Pr 10:9 The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

People don't take crooked ways because they are crooked, but rather because they think that they will benefit from it. However they fail to consider all the real and potential downside to taking crooked paths. And notice how frequently the media reports on one public figure after another, revealing something wicked about them which they had tried to hide.

Is there a sinful behavior which you are trying to hide? Consider the consequences of it being revealed and use that as a motivating factor in changing such behavior.


INTEGRITY: Part 2
INTEGRITY AS A SOURCE OF GUIDANCE
Pr 11:3 The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

A person of integrity, as they walk in accordance with a good conscience, views life with limited options, and as such only needs limited guidance. The perverse, with their corrupted conscience, view life as having much less limitations, and they end up walking right into the pits they overlooked.

Love further limits one's options as the upright are not only concerned about maintaining their own good conscience, but also not violating the conscience of others. Thus for example Paul deals with the issue of eating meats sacrificed to idols. For some Christians it didn't bother their conscience to eat such meats, but Paul reminds them to be concerned for the conscience of others. 1Co 10:28,29 "But if anyone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience‘ sake—the other man’s conscience, I mean, not yours."

So when you consider what is God's will concerning any particular situation, take into consideration your conscience and that of others.


INTEGRITY: Part 3
INTEGRITY MAKES ONE BETTER OFF
Pr 28:6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Walking with integrity may not make one richer, but you will be better off than if you had gained wealth perversely.

Pr 20:7 The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.

Just as with wickedness, integrity has an effect on your children. Therefore don't violate your integrity even if you think that by doing so you will somehow benefit your children. They would be better off if you walk in a good conscience.The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources

 

[joshua 1 9]

People don't take crooked ways because they are crooked, but rather because they think that they will benefit from it.

Jesus talks about the gate or the door. Usually people take what looks to be easy. Only far to often what looks to be easy in the long run turns out to be a lot more difficult. When they had walled cities there was a gate and a judge that would sit in the gate to judge who was and who was not worthy to enter into the city.

 

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Jesus talks about the gate or the door. Usually people take what looks to be easy. Only far to often what looks to be easy in the long run turns out to be a lot more difficult. When they had walled cities there was a gate and a judge that would sit in the gate to judge who was and who was not worthy to enter into the city.

John 10:1 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber."

Point is there are many who want to get to heaven, but they make their own way rather than submit to God's way.