53 Bible Verses about Trustworthiness

Lord Jehovah, you are God. You have promised me some very good things, and you can be trusted to do what you promise.

The law of Jehovah is perfect. It gives new life. The testimony of Jehovah is dependable. It makes the simple wise.

His works are done with truth and justice. All his guiding principles are trustworthy.

You saw a stone cut out of the mountain without hands. It broke the iron, brass, clay, silver, and the gold to pieces. The great God made known to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is certain, and the interpretation of it is sure.

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost.

Faithful and worthy of full acceptance is the statement. This is why we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

He who sat on the throne said: Behold, I make all things new. Then he told me to write: for these words are faithful and true.

Our ancestors trusted you. They trusted, and you delivered them. They cried to you and were delivered. They trusted you and were never disappointed.

Now I know that Jehovah will save his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty deeds of his powerful hand. Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we will boast in the name of Jehovah our God. They will sink to their knees and fall, but we will rise and stand firm.

Indeed, the king trusts Jehovah, and through the mercy of the Most High, he will not be moved.

They who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion. It is not shaken, but remains forever.

On that day his people will say: This is our God! We have waited for Him and now He will save us. This is Jehovah. We have waited for Him. Let us rejoice and be glad because He will save us.

It is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to keep safe until that day what he has entrusted to me.

Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag. Do not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. You must have a full and just weight. You should have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.read more.
Everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to Jehovah your God.

Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.

A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.

Many and different weights are an abomination to Jehovah and a false balance is not good.

Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.

Can I be pure with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful stone weights?

The men in charge of the work were very honest. There was no need to require them to account for the funds.

Since the workmen are honest, do not require them to account for the money you give them.

Whoever is faithful in little things will be faithful in large ones. Whoever is unrighteous in small things will be unrighteous in large ones. If you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth, how can you be trusted with true wealth? If you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?

You should choose capable men from all the people. Find men who respect God. These must be men you can trust who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

The sons did not follow their father's example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished. He who gathers by labor will increase.

By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you. It has consumed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.

Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.

A talebearer reveals secrets. He that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.

Debate your cause with your neighbor direct; and do not reveal the secret of another.

He who speaks truth shows righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They love the man who speaks what is right.

These are the things that you should do. Every man should speak the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (towns). Let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor. Do not love a false oath (perjury): for all these are things that I hate, said Jehovah.

By speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in all things to him. For he, Christ, is the head.

He kisses the lips that give the right answer.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him. He refreshes his masters.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

He who did not know and did things unacceptable will receive a lesser punishment. To whom much is given, much will be required and to whom they commit much they will demand even more.

It is like a man going to another country. He called his servants and put them in charge of his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one. He assigned according to the servants' ability. Then he went on his journey. Right away the servant who received the five talents traded with them and made another five talents.read more.
In like manner, he who received the two gained another two. He who received the one dug a hole in the ground and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those servants came back to settle with them. The servant who received five talents brought another five talents. He said: 'Lord, here are your five talents, plus the five I gained.' His lord said: 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, so I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' The one who received two talents said: 'Lord you gave me two talents and I gained another two talents.' His lord said: 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' The servant who received one talent said: 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man. You reap where you did not sow and gather where you did not scatter. I was afraid, so I hid your talent in the earth. See, you have what is yours.' But his lord answered: 'You wicked and lazy servant. You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter. You should have put my money in the bank. I should have received my money back plus interest.

He said: A nobleman traveled to a country far away to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds, and said do business with this until I return. His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him saying we do not want this man to rule us.read more.
He received the kingdom and went back to check on his servants. He wanted to know what they had gained by trading with the money he gave them. The first reported: Your pound has made ten pounds more. He said: Well done, you good servant. You were faithful in very little. Now you shall have authority over ten cities. The second said: Your pound, Lord, has made five pounds. He replied: You should be over five cities. Another reported: Lord, here is your pound. I kept it stored in a napkin. I feared you because you are an austere man. You take up what you do not lay down and you reap that which you did not sow. He said to him: Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that which I did not sow. Why did you not put my money in the bank? That way I could collect interest when I returned.

People should regard us as servants of Christ. God has trusted us with his secrets. It is required of stewards that a man is trustworthy.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward. But if I do it against my will, I am just performing the trust of the good news committed to me.

O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Turn away from the empty speeches that violate what is holy and from opposition and from false knowledge.

Through the power of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us. Keep (guard) (obey) (preserve) the good things that have been entrusted to you.

Shepherd the flock of God in your care. Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God. Do not do it for dishonest gain, but eagerly. Do not lord it over your charge, but make yourselves examples to the flock.

Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.

Potiphar turned over everything he had to the care of Joseph. He did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Joseph was well built and good-looking.

But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household.

Achish trusted David and thought: David's people must be furious with him. From now on he will have to take orders from me.

Let them deliver it to the workmen who have oversight of the work of Jehovah's Temple. Then they can pay it to the workmen who are making good what was damaged in the Temple of Jehovah. To the woodworkers and the builders and the stonecutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for building the Temple. Since the workmen are honest, do not require them to account for the money you give them.

They gave the money to the foremen who were in charge of Jehovah's Temple. These foremen gave it to the workmen who were restoring and repairing the Temple. These workers included carpenters and builders. They were to buy quarried stones and wood for the fittings and beams of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to become run-down. The men did their work faithfully under the supervision of Jahath and Obadiah; Levites descended from Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam descendants of Kohath. The Levites, who were skilled musicians,