Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Bible References

Let god

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.
Job 40:8
Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Or wilt thou condemn me, that thou thyself mayest be made righteous?
Psalm 100:5
For the LORD is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth from generation to generation.
Psalm 119:160
Thy word is true from everlasting, all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore.
Psalm 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth; for thou hast magnified thy word, according unto thy great name.
Micah 7:20
Thou shalt keep thy trust with Jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our fathers long ago.
John 3:33
Howbeit, he that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
2 Corinthians 1:18
God is faithful: For our preaching unto you, was not "yea" and "nay."
Titus 1:2
which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:
Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things - in which it was impossible that God should lie - we might have perfect consolation, which have fled, for to hold fast the hope that is set before us:
1 John 5:10
He that believeth in the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, maketh him a liar, because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son.
Revelation 3:7
"And write unto the tidings-bringer of the congregation of Philadelphia, 'This saith he that is holy and true, which hath the key of David; which openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth.

But every

Psalm 62:9
As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.
Psalm 116:11
I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

That thou

Job 36:3
I will open unto thee yet more of mine understanding, and prove my maker righteous.
Psalm 51:4
Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge.
Matthew 11:19
The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and drinker of wine, and a friend unto publicans, and sinners. And neverthelater, wisdom is justified of her children."