12 Bible Verses about Plainness

“How painful are words of honesty.
But what does your argument prove?

“With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly],
Clearly and openly and not in riddles;
And he beholds the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

And you shall write very clearly on the stones all the words of this law.”

He was stating the matter plainly [not holding anything back]. Then Peter took Him aside and began to reprimand Him.

So the Jews surrounded Him and began saying to Him, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? If You are [really] the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), tell us so plainly and openly.”

So then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

“I have told you these things in figurative language (veiled language, proverbs); the hour is now coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

His disciples said, “Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in figures of speech!

And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began speaking plainly.

We are speaking freely to you, Corinthians [we are keeping nothing back], and our heart is opened wide.

Since we have such a [glorious] hope and confident expectation, we speak with great courage,

Yet no one was speaking out openly and freely about Him for fear of [the leaders of] the Jews.