The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.

And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.

And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose heart was true to the Lord. So the family of Ahaziah had no power to keep the kingdom.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.

This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

Now after these things and this true-hearted work, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came into Judah, and put his army in position before the walled towns of Judah, designing to make his way into them by force.

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the words which the Lord had said by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, and he made a public statement and had it given out through all his kingdom and put in writing, saying,

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,

So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasure in connection with this business.

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:

And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:

And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

And he sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with true words of peace,

How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

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.

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.

Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.

You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true.

Your word is true from the first; and your upright decision is unchanging for ever.

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.

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.

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

And take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.

O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

The Lord is lifted up; his place is on high: he has made Zion full of righteousness and true religion.

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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.

Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

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.

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.

I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

Give the word, put forward your cause, let us have a discussion together: who has given news of this in the past? who made it clear in early times? did not I, the Lord? and there is no God but me; a true God and a saviour; there is no other.

By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.

Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

Then said I, Ah, Lord God! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jerusalem, You will have peace; when the sword has come even to the soul.

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

But if any man has pride, let it be in this, that he has the wisdom to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord, working mercy, giving true decisions, and doing righteousness in the earth: for in these things I have delight, says the Lord.

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.