What Does the Bible Say About Truth?

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”

“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”

“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abundant in goodness and truth,”

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”

“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”

“Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.”

“Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. how: or, what a great thing”

“That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. fail: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne”

“I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. sore: Heb. with a great weeping”

“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. true: Heb. truth”

“Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”

“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.”

“Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.”

“My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.”

“For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.”

“I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.”

“Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”

“He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. from the: or, he reproacheth him that”

“For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.”

“I will also praise thee with the psaltery , even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. the psaltery: Heb. the instrument of psaltery”

“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.”

“Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.”

“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering , and plenteous in mercy and truth.”

“Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. habitation: or, establishment”

“Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?”

“He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.”

“Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.”

“He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.”

“For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. to all: Heb. to generation and generation”

“For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. clouds: or, skies”

“The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.”

“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Thy word: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true”

“I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”

“The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”

“Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:”

“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:”

“He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.”

“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”

“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”

“Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.”

“Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.”

“Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”

“O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.”

“The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.”

“None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.”

“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”

“Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. maketh: or, is accounted mad it displeased: Heb. it was evil in his eyes”

“That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.”

“O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.”

“And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.”

“And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. deceive: or, mock”

“Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?”

“Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.”

“Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.”

“But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. holdeth: Heb. strengtheneth himself”

“Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.”

“Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.”

“Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.”

“These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: execute: Heb. judge truth, and the judgment of peace”

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. feasts: or, solemn, or, set times”

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

“Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.”

“He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.”

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;”

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. of his own: or, from his own will or disposition”

“And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.”

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”

“And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. sanctified: or, truly sanctified”

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”

“Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.”

“But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.”

“But unto them that are contentious , and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,”

“I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,”

“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. the feast: or, holyday”

“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; in the truth: or, with the truth”

“But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. dishonesty: Gr. shame”

“By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,”

“By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;”

“For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.”

“For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.”

“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”

“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”

“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”

“(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)”

“Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. honest: or, venerable”

“And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”

“That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:”

“Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.”

“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. ground: or, stay”

“Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

“Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. Perverse: or, Gallings one of another”