Knightly Code of Honor

 

 

1.  Believe in the Lord and obey His teachings.

 

“And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments” 1 John 2:3.

 

2.  Obey lawful authorities, so long as your obedience does not bring you in conflict with the duties owed to God.

 

“We ought to obey God rather than men” Acts 5:29b.

 

3.  Respect and pity the weak, and be steadfast in defending them.

 

“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked” Psalms 82:3, 4

 

4.  Love your country

 

“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen”  Matthew 28:18 – 20

 

5.  Refuse to retreat before the enemy

 

“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring” Proverbs 25:26.

 

6.  Be courteous to women

 

“(Treat) the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity” 1 Timothy 5:2.

 

7.  Be loyal to the truth and your pledged word

 

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” James 1:22.

 

8.  Be generous in giving

 

“It is more blessed to give than to receive” Acts 20:35b.

 

9.  Champion the right and the good, in every place and at every time, against the forces of evil

 

“Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?” Psalms 94:16.

 

 

 

I,___________________, on________ in the year of our Lord____, in the presence of God, pledge to keep this Knightly Code of Honor for His glory and the benefit of women and children.