I found some brief thoughts that, in my opinion, are really good about honesty - speaking in honesty and behaving in honesty. When someone rebuffs honesty (the truth) they are giving evidence to a lack of wisdom in their life. Wisdom is embracing honesty even when it stings personally or when it crumbles a foundational part of your current worldview.  This is a symptom of someone living without wisdom in their life.

I know someone who has a good reputation in his industry. He's well-known by many and because of his years of experience in the industry he is in, the reputation he has is one that has him on the board of one organization and he gets sent many gifts at Christmastime and many people/companies give him special accommodations. One might look at this reputation he has and equate it to a good character. And one would be wrong.  Character and reputation are not the same. This man's character is lacking in kindness, grace, diversity, equality, and general humanity. He has crafted a reputation based on lies - things that he most likely wishes were true about himself and knows are not. See, he has a chance to improve his character - to perhaps bring it into alignment with his reputation but his lack of character is seen even more clearly in the fact that he doesn't want to improve, he believes people should adjust to him and cater to him.  When it comes to the...

When you know yourself truly then you acknowledge all the parts of yourself - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Knowing and acknowledging all the parts of yourself is the birthplace of wisdom and living a life of wisdom.  Getting to Know Yourself, What You Like, and What You Want in Life Know Yourself? 6 Specific Ways to Know Who You Are The Importance of Knowing Yourself

A person full of knowledge - knowing all there is to know about a subject or multiple subjects - is so very different than wisdom. One is practical, knowledge, and the other is application & life navigation which in the end is more important. Here's an article that I found to be really easy and helpful to follow regarding the very important differences between knowledge and wisdom.  

Not knowing keeps us humble and wisdom is birthed out of humility. When we are wise we speak with more care, behave with more caution, extend more grace, and we connect in more authentic ways with others. As it says in the Holy Bible, "Knowledge puffs up" and when we are puffed up we are unable to connect with others as well as being unable to speak and behave with care. Knowledge feeds pride, wisdom feeds humility.  The Wisdom of 'Not Knowing' On Not Knowing