48 Bible Verses about Telling The Truth
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So then, have I become your enemy [by] being truthful to you?
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because every lie is not of the truth.
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, [I am] not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"
(Now [the things] which I am writing to you, behold, [I assure you] before God that I am not lying.)
You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah
I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now.
My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
These [are] the things that you must do: speak truth, each [of you], with his neighbor; practice trustworthy judgment and peace in your gates.
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him [with reference to] all [things], who is the head, Christ,
But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.
He who will speak truth will reveal righteousness, but the witness of falsehood, deceit.
And the one who has seen [it] has testified, and his testimony is true, and that person knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.
I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--
A lip of truth endures forever, but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.
who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,
Who among you convicts me concerning sin? If I am telling the truth, {why} do you not believe me?
We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.
My brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth and someone turns him back,
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
The one who says "I have come to know him," and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Then Pilate said to him, "So then you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this [reason] I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world: in order that I can testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."
who have deviated concerning the truth [by] saying the resurrection has already taken place, and they are upsetting the faith of some.
For if we are out of our senses, [it is] for God; if we are of sound mind, [it is] for you.
But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.
Jesus replied to him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify about what [is] wrong! But if [I have spoken] correctly, why do you strike me?"
May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written, "In order that you may be justified in your words, and may prevail when you are judged."
The delight of kings [are] the lips of righteousness, and he who speaks what is upright he will love.
However, I will tell you {what is inscribed} in [the] book of truth, and there is not one [who] contends with me against these [beings] {except} Michael, your prince."
The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.
For we are not able to refrain from speaking about [the things] that we have seen and heard."
" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};
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Matthew 22:16And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.
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