integrity

Definition of integrity
1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2: an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
Of David. To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. ...
Choose the Right Synonym for integrity
HONESTY, HONOR, INTEGRITY, PROBITY mean uprightness of character or action. HONESTY implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. HONOR suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position. INTEGRITY implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge. PROBITY implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.
Job 29:14 ESV / 18
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
Examples of integrity in a Sentence
Many were tempted by a piece of the equity action and compromised their integrity.
— Bruce Nussbaum, Business Week, 28 Jan. 2002
By September, Gorbachev had told his aides that with Eastern Europe and Germany lost, the task was to defend the integrity of the Soviet Union itself.
— Condoleezza Rice, Newsweek, 22 Nov. 1999
Nehemiah 5:14-19 ESV / 18
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. ...

Exodus 18:21 ESV / 18
Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Recent Examples on the Web
This has nothing to do with talent, and degrades the integrity of the show.
— Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "'The Voice' Fans Are Going Off About the Four-Way Knockout Round," 3 May 2020
The focus was on two primary areas: ensuring access to drugs and acting with integrity and responsibility.
— Stewart Lyman, STAT, "If pharma helps quench the Covid-19 pandemic, what will it want in return?," 21 Apr. 2020

Exodus 1:17-21 ESV / 18
But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live. So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?” The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.” So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
How to Have Everyday Integrity
Keep your promises even if it takes extra effort.
Go back to a store and pay for something you forgot to pay for.
Never betray a friend's trust even if you get in trouble.
Inform the cashier he gave you too much change back.
Do not gossip or talking badly about someone.
Genesis 40:15 ESV / 18
For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”
Building Integrity
Fulfill your promises. ...
Keep appointments. ...
Before you make a commitment… ...
Get comfortable with saying no. ...
Examine how you react in knee-jerk situations… ...
Polish your communication skills. ...
Consider the habits and skills you need to develop to enhance your integrity. ...
Avoid people who lack integrity.
Genesis 26:9-11 ESV / 18
So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’” Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
If you ask company executives to reveal their “core values,” integrity is always one of their first answers, says Joel C. Peterson, chairman of the board of JetBlue Airways and a Stanford University professor of management. The single most important ingredient to business success is trust, Peterson says, and trust starts with integrity.
Entrepreneur and angel investor Amy Rees Anderson borrows from C.S. Lewis’s famous quote, defining integrity as “doing the right thing all the time, even when no one is looking—especially when no one is looking.”
1 Chronicles 21:6 ESV / 17
But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.
But what does a person acting with integrity look like? Positive examples may be harder to find. Anderson, who lectures on entrepreneurship at the University of Utah, believes “there aren’t enough of us saying that sometimes it’s better to lose than to lose your integrity.” A plaque in Anderson’s office reinforces her philosophy: “Do what is right; let the consequences follow.”
Proverbs 28:18 ESV / 14
Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.
 “If you don’t have integrity, it bleeds over into other parts of your life,” she says. Peterson agrees, saying that integrity can’t be compartmentalized—that “there is a kind of integrity across all of our behaviors.”