34 Bible Verses about Truth

Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,

Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.

O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you ??you who had Jesus Christ the crucified placarded before your very eyes?

For these guides of theirs are hostile to the Truth, just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to Moses; they are depraved in mind and useless for all purposes of faith.

and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.

O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you ??you who had Jesus Christ the crucified placarded before your very eyes?

For these guides of theirs are hostile to the Truth, just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to Moses; they are depraved in mind and useless for all purposes of faith.

he who believes in me ??out of his body, as scripture says, streams of living water will flow"

for you are not the speakers, it is the Spirit of your Father that is speaking through you.

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

for prophecy never came by human impulse, it was when carried away by the holy Spirit that the holy men of God spoke.

And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language.

true words, the power of God; with the weapons of integrity for attack or for defence,

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

I told him of my pride in you, and I have not been disappointed. No, just as all I have had to say to you has been true, so all I said about you to Titus, all my pride in you, has also proved true.

I was overjoyed to find some of your children leading the true Life, as we were commanded to do by the Father.

For I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do lead the true Life;

When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.

even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you.

we belong to God ??he who knows God listens to us, he who does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world. You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus [incarnate] does not come from God. This latter is the spirit of antichrist; you were told it was coming, and here it is already in the world.

Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.' If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth;

Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him. Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying. You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just; he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world. This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands. read more.
He who says, 'I know him,' but does not obey his commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him;

so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil. Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

Jesus told them in reply, "My teaching is not my own but his who sent me; anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority. He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him? My dear children, let us put our love not into words or into talk but into deeds, and make it real. Thus it is that we may be sure we belong to the truth and reassure ourselves read more.
whenever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and he knows all. If our heart does not condemn us, beloved, then we have confidence in approaching God,

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world. You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

(If I did care to boast of other things, I would be no 'fool,' for I would have a true tale to tell; however, I abstain from that ??I want no one to take me for more than he can see in me or make out from me.)

Am I your enemy to-day, because I have been honest with you?

Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

[Chapters he cuts away any branch on me which is not bearing fruit, and cleans every branch which does bear fruit, to make it bear richer fruit. You are already clean, by the word I have spoken to you. read more.
Remain in me, as I remain in you: just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, without remaining on the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing). If anyone does not remain in me he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers up; then the branches are gathered and thrown into the fire to be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then ask whatever you like and you shall have it. As you bear rich fruit and prove yourselves my disciples, my Father is glorified. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain within my love. If you keep my commands you will remain within my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain within his love. I have told you this, that my joy may be within you and your joy complete. This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you. To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that. You are my friends ??if you do what I command you; & I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father. are placed in the middle of verse 13:31] "I am the real Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser; You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit ??fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name. This is what I command you, to love one another. If the world hates you, remember it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you. Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours. They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me. They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also. They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father. It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause. When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me; and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you. I will not leave you forlorn; I am coming to you. read more.
A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too.

but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?' No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you. Yet ??I am telling you the truth ??my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you. read more.
And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in me; of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more; of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged. I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now. However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.

Lay aside falsehood, then, let each tell his neighbour the truth, for we are members one of another.

Lay aside falsehood, then, let each tell his neighbour the truth, for we are members one of another.

whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

but anger and wrath to those who are wilful, who disobey the Truth and obey wickedness ??9 anguish and calamity for every human soul that perpetrates evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well,

O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you ??you who had Jesus Christ the crucified placarded before your very eyes?

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.

I am telling the truth in Christ ??it is no lie, my conscience bears me out in the holy Spirit

God is Spirit, and his worshippers must worship him in Spirit and in reality."

Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

God is Spirit, and his worshippers must worship him in Spirit and in reality."

'We know the doom of God falls justly upon those who practise such vices.'

Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.

"We are Abraham's offspring," they retorted, "we have never been slaves to anybody. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be free'?"

"Lord," said the disciples, "if he has fallen asleep, he will get better."

Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth.

and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them.

Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

love is never glad when others go wrong, love is gladdened by goodness,

to the weak I have become as weak myself, to win over the weak. To all men I have become all things, to save some by all and every means.

Lay aside falsehood, then, let each tell his neighbour the truth, for we are members one of another.

So let us celebrate our festival, not with any old leaven, not with vice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of innocence and integrity.

I fed you with milk, not with solid food. You were not able for solid food, and you are not able even now;

serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

(If I did care to boast of other things, I would be no 'fool,' for I would have a true tale to tell; however, I abstain from that ??I want no one to take me for more than he can see in me or make out from me.)

Am I your enemy to-day, because I have been honest with you?

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago ??3 he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: ??4 to Titus my lawful son in a faith we hold in common; grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

Finally, brothers, keep in mind whatever is true, whatever is worthy, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is attractive, whatever is high-toned, all excellence, all merit.

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,

Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.

he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.

they will give up listening to the Truth and turn to myths.

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

and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.

For these guides of theirs are hostile to the Truth, just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to Moses; they are depraved in mind and useless for all purposes of faith.

Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food.

The presbyter, to the elect Lady and her children whom I love in the Truth (and not only I but all who know the Truth) for the sake of the Truth which remains within us and will be with us for ever:

Now that your obedience to the Truth has purified your souls for a brotherly love that is sincere, love one another heartily and steadily.

fathers, I am writing to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I am writing to you, because you have conquered the evil One. Children, I have written to you, because you know the Father:

But God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of those who hinder the Truth by their wickedness.

And all the people used to come early in the morning to listen to him in the temple.

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Well now, here we are all present before God to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to say."

As Paul and Barnabas went out, the people begged to have all this repeated to them on the following sabbath.

David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.

I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.

Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus.

we belong to God ??he who knows God listens to us, he who does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come.

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you.

for the sake of the Truth which remains within us and will be with us for ever:

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory ??glory such as an only son enjoys from his father ??seen it to be full of grace and reality.

while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

The Jews then wrangled with one another, saying, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?"

"This sanctuary took forty-six years to build," the Jews retorted, "and you are going to raise it up in three days!"

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

So the disciples asked each other, "Can anyone have brought him something to eat?"

So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"

So when the Samaritans arrived, they pressed him to stay with them; he did stay there two days,

In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;

true words, the power of God; with the weapons of integrity for attack or for defence, amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth

It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.

Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and for their knowledge of the Truth that goes with a religious life,

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

for in him is the 'yes' that affirms all the promises of God. Hence it is through him that we affirm our 'amen' in worship, to the glory of God.

if we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar and his word is not within us.

He who believes in the Son of God possesses that testimony within himself; he who will not believe God, has made God a liar by refusing to believe the testimony which God has borne to his Son.

in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.

Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail,

while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

love is never glad when others go wrong, love is gladdened by goodness,

and they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb ??"Great and marvellous are thy deeds, Lord God almighty! Just and true thy ways, O King of nations!

And I heard the altar cry, "Even so, Lord God almighty: true and just are thy sentences of doom."

and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.

they will give up listening to the Truth and turn to myths.

So let us celebrate our festival, not with any old leaven, not with vice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of innocence and integrity.

Finally, brothers, keep in mind whatever is true, whatever is worthy, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is attractive, whatever is high-toned, all excellence, all merit.

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.