Honesty ia always the best policy? Discuss

will receive love and kindness’ when the bible talks about honesty most of the time it talks about a reward, or a gift for telling the truth but is this always true? For example; if a friend brought me a gift from when he went on holiday and he had spent a lot of money on it, and I didn’t like it what should I do? Should I tell him and be rewarded in another way or lie about it and tell him I like it? ‘The wishes of the wicked will come to nothing’ (Psalm 112: 10) so if the wicked is telling me to lie and spare my friends feelings why is that so wicked? I believe that I would like to be told if I got a friend a present and they didn’t like it so I could return it. But I would feel as if I have wasted my time, also If the gift is from abroad I wouldn’t be able to return it so not only would it be a waste of time it would also be a waste of money. I believe that being honest in this case is just being selfish. If you abide by the quotes from Psalm 112 is completely contradicts “Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves. “ 2 Philippians 2:3. You are being honest because you believe that you will gain a gift. Morals play a big part in honesty ‘Friends always show their love’ Proverbs 17:17 is you truly are a friend you should show gratitude as the bible says in I Thessalonians 5: 16-18 “Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” One side of the argument says you should tell the truth and tell them that you don’t like the gift that you have received on the other hand you have been given a gift and it doesn’t matter how big, small, useful or useless it is; it is still a gift and you should treasure the fact that they have spent time and effort on you. I believe honesty is not always the best policy because on one hand you are being truthful and they will trust you but on the other you can really hurt their feelings. But you must always contemplate what is the best option, because you may be able tell the truth without hurting anyones feelings or hurting their self confidence.