DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
AUGUST 2, 2026
READ: Proverbs 10 (Focus vs. 6-14)
MEMORY VERSE
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely” Proverbs 10:9
BACKGROUND
An Uber driver named Esbon Kamau picked up a sixteen-year-old rider who was on his way to purchase a motorcycle—a gift from his father. After Kamau dropped the passenger off, he noticed the teen had left a bag in the back seat.
There was $8,000 inside—the cash needed for the purchase of the motorcycle. Kamau quickly contacted Uber to try and locate the passenger.
Soon Kamau delivered the cash back to the grateful, relieved young man. “Do the right thing at the right time,” Kamau said, “and don’t let selfishness overpower [you].”
Kamau displayed integrity. He resisted making a fast buck or taking advantage of someone’s mistake. Instead, he chose to simply do the right thing. “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,” Proverbs says (10:9).
When we practice integrity, we never have to worry about remembering what we said to whom, because truth is our only concern. When we practice integrity, we don’t have to fear for our reputation or that our schemes will catch up with us (v. 23).
We don’t have to be concerned about being a person whose “crooked paths will be found out” (v. 9). We simply live true—displaying wisdom (v. 13) that comes from God. We’re secure and free in Him.
We face numerous temptations to lie or manipulate in life, but God calls us to walk with Him. And as we do, we can lead “blameless” (v. 29) lives of integrity.
Winn Collier
INSIGHT
In Proverbs, Solomon offers basic wisdom for life and often uses a Hebrew poetic device called parallelism, where two or more lines of poetry correspond with one another.
Parallelism and other poetic devices are normal features of Hebrew poetry, which doesn’t operate with rhyme and meter like Western poetry.
In synonymous parallelism, the idea in the first half of the verse is repeated in the second half but with different wording: “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke” (3:11).
Proverbs 10:9 is an example of antithetical parallelism, where two statements are contrasted with opposite language: “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”
Solomon exposes the folly of ignoring God’s wisdom and shows the consequences of that folly. Today, God will help us live by His wisdom and be marked as people of character who walk in integrity.
Bill Crowder
APPLICATION
When has your integrity been challenged? How have you experienced others’ integrity?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s
Post)
“When we practice integrity, we never have to worry about remembering what we said to whom, because truth is our only concern. When we practice integrity, we don’t have to fear for our reputation or that our schemes will catch up with us.”
PR’s TAKE
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live up to what light I have.“ Abraham Lincoln
“Integrity has no need of rules.” (All know it) Albert Camus – Adpted
PRAYER
“Dear God, I want to live with integrity. Please help me be blameless in You.”
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG”
“INTEGRITY” Red Grammer
Integrity, Integrity
It’s good for you, it’s good for me
The best that we will ever be
Is when we’ve got Integrity
Do the right thing, cause it’s the right thing to do
Even when you know nobody’s watching you
Everyone should do it – a kid or a king
Cause when you’ve got Integrity,
You do the right thing.
Make the right choice, when there’s so much to choose
Even when there might be somethin’ big to lose
Everyone can hear it – it’s in your voice
You’re someone
Who’s always gonna make the right choice.
I – for Independence
N – for my good Name
T – for Tryin’ all the time – I want folks to know that I’m
E – for Even-handed
G – for Good as Gold
R – for Real as Real can be
I – for Incorruptible – that’s me
T – for Truthful to a “T”
Y not have Integrity?
Chorus
It isn’t such a mystery
The world I want begins with me
Though I’m not perfect, I can be
A person with Integrity
