Reference: Truth
Easton
Used in various senses in Scripture. In Pr 12:17,19, it denotes that which is opposed to falsehood. In Isa 59:14-15; Jer 7:28, it means fidelity or truthfulness. The doctrine of Christ is called "the truth of the gospel" (Ga 2:5), "the truth" (2Ti 3:7; 4:4). Our Lord says of himself, "I am the way, and the truth" (Joh 14:6).
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The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town. Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.
Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Hastings
TRUTH
1. In OT ('?meth, '?m
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Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?
I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
Then let a full search be made, and let questions be put with care; and if it is true and certain that such a disgusting thing has been done among you;
He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.
Moses my servant is dead; so now get up! Go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.
Take heart and be strong; for you will give to this people for their heritage the land which I gave by an oath to their fathers.
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true. I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.
Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.
... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.
There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ. No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free. They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?
But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.
But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.
Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.
However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come.
Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word. Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. read more. And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.
Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice. Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.
For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?
In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
Morish
Throughout the scriptures there is that which God designates as 'the truth.' It is divine, and above the opinions of men, however wise and pious they may be. In the O.T. the admonition is given, "Buy the truth and sell it not." Pr 23:23. 'The truth' must refer to God, who is true, but is not called 'the truth:' hence it comprises all that may be known of God, whether declared by creation or made known by revelation. Truth is not simply that which is held as dogma, but must be received in the soul. Paul asked the Galatians who had hindered them that they should not obey 'the truth?' Ga 5:7. Judgement is coming upon Christendom "because they received not the love of 'the truth' that they might be saved." 2Th 2:10. Truth is the real way of liberty: "the truth shall make you free." Joh 8:32,36. Truth cannot be separated from the Lord Jesus, who is "the way, the truth, and the life." This is objectively; subjectively the Spirit is the truth as having come from the glorified Christ. In the three Epistles of John 'the truth' is constantly referred to, and a Christian woman is warned not to receive any one into her house, nor wish him God-speed unless he holds the doctrines taught by the apostles
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Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
Watsons
TRUTH is used,
1. In opposition to falsehood, lies, or deceit, Pr 12:17, &c.
2. It signifies fidelity, sincerity, and punctuality in keeping promises; and to truth taken in this sense is generally joined mercy or kindness, as in Ge 24:27, and other places of Scripture.
3. Truth is put for the true doctrine of the Gospel, Ga 1:4. Truth is put for the substance of the types and ceremonies of the law, Joh 1:17.
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And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.
The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father: