Thematic Bible: Truthfulness


Thematic Bible



So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBreastplatesArmourBeltsWaistsRighteousness, Of BelieversSpiritual Warfare, ArmourArmor ProtectionClothed With Good ThingsGod's TruthRighteousness imputedSpiritual WarfareOvercoming ObstaclesResolving Conflictarmorlungs

Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ]. Verse ConceptsAppreciationChrist's LimbsEvil SpeakingBody Of Christ, The ChurchDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeJustice, In Believers' LivesLiesUnity, Of God's PeopleChurch, Unity OfFalsehoodSpeaking TruthLyingTelling The Truthlieing

These are the things which you should do: speak the truth with one another; judge with truth and pronounce the judgment that brings peace in [the courts at] your gates. Verse ConceptsLawsuitsBusiness At The GatewayJudging RightlyPerforming The TruthSpeaking TruthDoing God's WorksSeek PeaceJudgmentsTelling The Truth


“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong
Nor speak lies,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will eat and lie down
With no one to make them tremble and feel afraid.”
Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeSaints Response To LyingLying Down To RestAvoiding DeceitNot LyingSurvivors Of IsraelFreed From FearLying And Deceit


Truthful lips will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.
Verse ConceptsLipsLyingNot LyingTelling The TruthLying And Deceitlieing

True instruction was in Levi’s mouth and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from wickedness. Verse ConceptsDoctrine, CommunicatedPriests, Function In Ot TimesWalkingWalking With GodCausing People To TurnSound Doctrinefairness

If I wish to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be speaking the truth. But I abstain [from it], so that no one will credit me with more than [is justified by what] he sees in me or hears from me. Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfOverestimationFoolish PeopleSeeing PeoplePaul's Boasting