Are you walking in integrity or in duplicity? Integrity, at its root meaning, carries the idea of being whole. It means that a person has the same moral code everywhere he goes. He's the same person at work, home, church, or wherever he goes. It also means that one's thoughts and actions are the same.
Duplicity means doubleness of thought, speech or action. It speaks of the person who hides their true intentions with deceptive words or actions. The problem this person has is keeping up with his own lies. His deception finally catches up with him.
Another English translation puts this proverb this way:
Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
Be honest... even when it hurts... even if it costs you. Lies will only come back to haunt you.
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