48 Bible Verses about Telling The Truth

So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor won't 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. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

to which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying.

You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

"I have yet many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own; but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you things that are coming.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

who tell the seers, "Do not see." and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

My brothers, if any among you wanders 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 tell the truth.

One who says, "I know him," and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"

May it never be. Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the Book of Truth. And there is no one who contends with me against them except Michael, your prince."

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.

for we cannot help telling the things which we saw and heard."

for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

But he answered, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.'

"'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.