36 Bible Verses about Truth

Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

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

Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'"

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

Thus says the LORD to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water."

Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs. And she brought up one of her cubs; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men.

And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also;

Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

For whatever boasts I made to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so also our boasting before Titus has proved true.

Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.

For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.

I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father.

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.

"But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

We are from God. Whoever 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 error.

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.

For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations! May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. read more.
Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!

For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; read more.
for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

Though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, "A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.

And Joash the king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, "A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife,' and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.

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 you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. read more.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servantdoes not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another. "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: 'They hated me without a cause.' "But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. read more.
Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. read more.
And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; read more.
in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.

All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meetsteadfast love and faithfulness.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?

that the LORD may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

"Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight."And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God."

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit--

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

But I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth: there is none who contends by my side against these except Michael, your prince.

The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy;

For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?"

The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations. read more.
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.

For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

"Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.

and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

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

The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth, and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

that the LORD may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

"Now, O LORD, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight."And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.

Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.'

And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

O LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.

No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, "Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."

As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.

David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

We are from God. Whoever 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 error.

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."

So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"

So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"

So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

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

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.

For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.

"Thus says the LORD of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.

They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Now may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.

He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!

And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!"

The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.