36 Bible Verses about Truth

Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness,

Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.

And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.

that by two immutable things - in which it was impossible that God should lie - we might have perfect consolation, which have fled, for to hold fast the hope that is set before us:

which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; who keepeth his promise forever;

He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.

And now, Lord Jehovah, thou art the God, and thy words must be true: for thou hast told this goodness unto thy servant.

and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

O foolish Galatians: who hath bewitched you, that ye should not believe the truth, to whom Jesus Christ was described before the eyes, and among you crucified?

As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, even so do these resist the truth, men they are of corrupt minds, and lewd as concerning the faith:

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

O foolish Galatians: who hath bewitched you, that ye should not believe the truth, to whom Jesus Christ was described before the eyes, and among you crucified?

As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, even so do these resist the truth, men they are of corrupt minds, and lewd as concerning the faith:

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

He that believeth on me, as sayeth the scripture, 'Out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life.'"

For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you.

If any man speak, let him talk as though he spake the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God ministereth unto him. That God, in all things, may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion forever and while the world standeth. Amen.

For the scripture came never by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy ghost.

which things also we speak - not in the cunning words of man's wisdom, but with the cunning words of the holy ghost, making spiritual comparisons of spiritual things.

and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: There came a great Eagle with great wings; yea, with mighty long wings, full of feathers of divers colours; upon the mount of Lebanon, and took a branch from a Cedar tree,

Moreover, thus said the LORD unto me, "Go thy way, and get thee a linen breech, and gird it about thy loins, and let it not be wet."

Now will I sing my beloved friend a song of his vineyard. My beloved friend hath a vineyard in a very fruitful plenteous ground.

and say, "Wherefore lay thy mother, that lioness, among the lions, and nourished her young ones among the lion's whelps? One of her whelps she brought up, and it became a lion: it learned to spoil, and to devour folk.

Show that obstinate household a parable, and speak unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Get thee a pot, set it on, and pour water into it:

For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stone.

Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;

The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me, than thousands of gold and silver.

I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoils.

For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stone.

Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;

The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me, than thousands of gold and silver.

I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoils.

in the words of truth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousness of the right hand and on the left hand,

but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

I am therefore not now ashamed, though I boasted myself to him of you. For as all things which I preached unto you are true, even so is our boasting - that I boasted myself to Titus withal - found true.

Lead me in thy way, O LORD, that I may walk in thy truth: O let my heart delight in fearing thy name.

For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes; and I will walk in thy truth.

I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment of the father.

I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, how thou in truth walkest.

"But when the comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the father, which is the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the father, he shall testify of me.

Howbeit, when he is once come - I mean the spirit of truth - he will lead you into all truth. He shall not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come.

which is the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive; because the world seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him. For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

We be of God, and he that knoweth God heareth us: and he that is not of God, heareth us not. And hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

and ye shall know the truth: And the truth shall make you free."

Mercy and faithfulness preserve the king, and with loving-kindness his seat is holden up.

With loving mercy and faithfulness, sins be forgiven; and whoso searcheth the LORD eschewth evil.

For thou, O LORD, hast heard my desires, and hast given a heritage unto those that fear thy name. Thou shalt grant the king a long life; that his years may endure throughout all generations, that he may dwell before God for ever. O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

Ye beloved, believe not every spirit: but prove the spirits whether they be of God, or not: for many false prophets are gone out in to the world. Hereby shall ye know the spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And the same is that spirit of antichrist, of whom ye have heard, how that he should come: and even now already is he in the world.

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and yet walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Jesus said unto them, "If God were your father, then would ye have loved me. For I proceeded forth and come from God. Neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not know my speech? Even because ye cannot abide the hearing of my words. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye should sin not: if, though, any man sin, yet we have an Advocate with the father, even Jesus Christ, which is righteous. And he it is that obtaineth grace for our sins; and not for our sins only, but also for the sins of all the world. And hereby we are sure that we know him: if we keep his commandments. read more.
He that saith, "I know him," and yet keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the verity is not in him.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth.

that all they might be damned which believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, for because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifying of the spirit; And through believing the truth:

I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust." For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall defend thee under his wings, that thou mayest be safe under his feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the people; I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

For his merciful kindness is ever more and more toward us, and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

For the LORD is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

Jesus answered them, and said, "My doctrine is not mine: but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God: or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own praise. But he that seeketh his praise that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

He, then, that hath the substance of the world, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue: but with the deed, and of a truth: for thereby we know that we be of the truth, and so shall we certify our hearts in his sight. read more.
But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. Dearly beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we trust to God ward;

Ye beloved, believe not every spirit: but prove the spirits whether they be of God, or not: for many false prophets are gone out in to the world. Hereby shall ye know the spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.

and yet though I would rejoice I should not be a fool, for I would say the truth. Nevertheless I spare, lest any man should think of me above that he seeth me to be, or heareth of me.

Am I so greatly, therefore, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

But Joash king of Israel sent again to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "A thistle in Lebanon sent to a cypress tree in Lebanon, saying, 'Give thy daughter to my son to wife.' But the wild beasts in Lebanon went and trod down the thistle.

And Joash king of Israel sent again to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "A thistle in Lebanon sent to a Cedar tree of Lebanon saying, 'Give thy daughter to my son to wife.' But there came the wild beasts of Lebanon and trod down the thistle.

Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.

Pilate said unto him, "Art thou a King then?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a King. For this cause was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. And all that are of the truth hear my voice."

And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.

I am the true vine, and my father is a husbandman. Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit. Now are ye clean, through the words which I have spoken unto you. read more.
Abide in me, and let me abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without me can ye do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth. If ye abide in me, and my words also abide in you: ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you. Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be made my disciples. "AS the father hath loved me, even so have I loved you. Continue in my love. If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love: even as I have kept my father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment: that ye love together as I have loved you. Greater love than this hath no man, than that a man bestow his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth, call I you not servants: For the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth. But you have I called friends: For all things that I have heard of my father, I have opened to you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you that ye go, and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the father in my name he should give it you. This command I you, that ye love together. "If the world hate you, ye know that he hated me before he hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own. Howbeit, because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world. Remember the saying, that I said unto you, 'The servant is not greater than the Lord.' If they have persecuted me, so will they persecute you. If they have kept my saying, so will they keep yours. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they have not known him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they should not have had sin: but now have they nothing to cloak their sin withal. He that hateth me, hateth my father. If I had not done works among them which none other man did, they had not had sin. But now have they seen, and yet have hated both me and my father: Even that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.' "But when the comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the father, which is the spirit of truth which proceedeth of the father, he shall testify of me. And ye shall bear witness also, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

and I will pray the father: and he shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you ever, which is the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive; because the world seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him. For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. "I will not leave you comfortless, but will come to you. read more.
It is yet a little while and the world seeth me no more: but ye shall see me. For I live, and ye shall live.

But now go I my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, 'Whither goest thou?' But because I have said such things unto you, your hearts are full of sorrow. "Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away, that comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you. read more.
And when he is come, he will rebuke the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin, because they believe not on me: Of righteousness, because I go to my father, and ye shall see me no more: And of judgment, because the chief ruler of this world is judged already. I have yet many things to say unto you, But ye cannot bear them away now. Howbeit, when he is once come - I mean the spirit of truth - he will lead you into all truth. He shall not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come.

Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

Now the things that ye shall do, are these: Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgment truly, and peaceably within your ports,

Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

Now the things that ye shall do, are these: Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgment truly, and peaceably within your ports,

{A Psalm of David} Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Who shall rest upon thy holy hill? Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours. read more.
He that sitteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance. He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

A just man will tell the truth, and show the thing that is right; but a false witness deceiveth.

My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.

And now, fear the LORD and serve him in pureness and truth: And put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the water, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Only fear you the LORD and serve him truly with all your hearts: for he hath done great things for you.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

They that imagine wickedness, shall be disappointed; but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulness.

Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

Should I not punish them for these things, sayeth the LORD? Or should I not be avenged of any such people as this?

That the LORD may make good his promise which he hath promised me, saying, 'If thy children shall take heed to their ways, that they walk before me in truth, with all their hearts and with all their souls; then thou shalt never be without one sitting on the seat of Israel.'

"Oh LORD, remember yet how I have walked before thee truly and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight," and wept a great pace.

The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be known, how that they are wrought in God."

But unto them that are rebellious, and disobey the truth, and follow iniquity, shall come indignation and wrath,

O foolish Galatians: who hath bewitched you, that ye should not believe the truth, to whom Jesus Christ was described before the eyes, and among you crucified?

whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle - I tell the truth in Christ and lie not - being the teacher of the gentiles in faith and verity.

I say the truth in Christ, and lie not, in that whereof my conscience beareth me witness in the holy ghost,

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.

God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and truth."

"Sanctify them with thy truth. Thy saying is truth.

Nevertheless, I will show thee the thing that is fast noted in the scripture of truth. And as for all yonder matters, there is none that helpeth me in them, but Michael your prince.

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.

God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and truth."

Then did I, Nebuchadnezzar, love, magnify and praise the King of heaven: for all his works are true, and his ways right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bring them down.

The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are true.

For the word of the LORD is true, and all his works are faithful.

for he cometh to judge the earth: yea with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with his truth. {TYNDALE: For he cometh to judge the earth. Thank the LORD for he is good, and his mercy lasteth ever.}

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things.

"Sanctify them with thy truth. Thy saying is truth.

And for their sakes sanctify I myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

They answered him, "We be Abraham's seed, and were never bond to any man: why sayest thou then, 'Ye shall be made free?'"

Then said his disciples, "Lord, if he sleep, then shall he do well enough."

"Sanctify them with thy truth. Thy saying is truth.

Thy word is true from everlasting, all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore.

The merciful and gracious LORD hath so done his marvelous works, that they ought to be had in remembrance. He giveth meat unto them that fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant. He showeth his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. read more.
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are true. They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and equity.

For the word of the LORD is true, and all his works are faithful.

And now, fear the LORD and serve him in pureness and truth: And put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the water, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

Only fear you the LORD and serve him truly with all your hearts: for he hath done great things for you.

and in all deceivableness of unrighteousness, among them that perish: because they received not the love of the truth, that they might have been saved.

Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.

He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own praise. But he that seeketh his praise that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Therefore shall the land be in a miserable cause, and all they that dwell therein, shall mourn. The beasts in the field, the fowls in the air, and the fishes in the sea shall die.

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye children of Israel: For the LORD must punish them, that dwell in the land. And why? There is no faithfulness, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of God in the land:

Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

Should I not punish them for these things, sayeth the LORD? Or should I not be avenged of any such people as this?

rejoiceth not in iniquity: but rejoiceth in the truth,

To the weak became I as weak, to win the weak. In all thing I fashioned myself to all men, to save, at the leastway, some.

He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.

Whoso rejoiceth upon earth, shall rejoice in the true God: And whoso sweareth upon earth, shall swear in the true God. For the old enmity shall be forgotten, and taken away out of my sight.

Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

Now the things that ye shall do, are these: Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgment truly, and peaceably within your ports,

Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness - but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.

I gave you milk to drink and not meat. For ye then were not strong - no, neither yet are strong.

which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?

That the LORD may make good his promise which he hath promised me, saying, 'If thy children shall take heed to their ways, that they walk before me in truth, with all their hearts and with all their souls; then thou shalt never be without one sitting on the seat of Israel.'

"Oh LORD, remember yet how I have walked before thee truly and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight," and wept a great pace.

and yet though I would rejoice I should not be a fool, for I would say the truth. Nevertheless I spare, lest any man should think of me above that he seeth me to be, or heareth of me.

Am I so greatly, therefore, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Into thy hands I commend my spirit; for thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.

which is after godliness upon the hope of eternal life; which life God, that cannot lie, hath promised before the world began:

Pilate said unto him, "Art thou a King then?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a King. For this cause was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. And all that are of the truth hear my voice."

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Furthermore brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things pertain to love, whatsoever things are of honest report, if there be any virtuous thing, if there be any laudable thing, those same have ye in your mind,

And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed. Yea, the truth is laid in prison, and he that refraineth himself from evil must be spoiled. When the LORD saw this, it displeased him sore that there was nowhere any equity.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth; for thou hast magnified thy word, according unto thy great name.

Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing on the lute; unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou holy one of Israel.

And now, concerning that, I am come to speak of this thing unto the king my lord in the presence of the people. Thy handmaid thought, 'Surely I will speak unto the king; peradventure the king will hear the request of his handmaid.

A just man will tell the truth, and show the thing that is right; but a false witness deceiveth.

The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

A true mouth is ever constant; but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.

Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;

Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, and whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; who keepeth his promise forever;

Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;

A true mouth is ever constant; but a dissembling tongue is soon changed.

But and if I tarry long, that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.

Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness,

Study to show thyself laudable unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, dividing the word of truth justly.

and one that can suffer the evil in meekness, and can inform them that resist - if that God at any time will give them repentance for to know the truth -

Mercy and faithfulness preserve the king, and with loving-kindness his seat is holden up.

And when the king came by, he cried unto him and said, "Thy servant went out in the midst of the battle. And see, there was one began to flee. And there came a man to me and said, 'Keep this man. And if he be missed thy life shall go for his, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.'

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him and said unto him, "There were two men in one city, a rich and a poor.

whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle - I tell the truth in Christ and lie not - being the teacher of the gentiles in faith and verity.

and shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables:

For the fruit of the spirit is, in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Behold, sayeth the LORD, I will heal their wounds and make them whole: I will open them the treasure of peace and truth.

and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, even so do these resist the truth, men they are of corrupt minds, and lewd as concerning the faith:

And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed. Yea, the truth is laid in prison, and he that refraineth himself from evil must be spoiled. When the LORD saw this, it displeased him sore that there was nowhere any equity.

Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee: bind them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thine heart.

For when as concerning the time, ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you the first principles of the word of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat:

They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.

Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

The elder, to the elect lady and her children which I love in the truth: And not I only, but also all that have known the truth, for the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be in us for ever.

Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend.

Moreover, seek out, among all the people, men of activity which fear God; and men that are true and hate covetousness: and make them heads over the people, captains over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten.

And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:

I write unto you fathers, how that ye have known him that was from the beginning. I write unto you young men, how that ye have overcome the wicked. I write unto you young children, how that ye know the father.

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness.

And when it was told Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lift up his voice and called, and said unto them, "Hearken unto me you citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

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

Then sent I for thee immediately, and thou hast well done for to come. Now are we all here, present before God to hear all things that are commanded unto thee of God."

When they were come out of the Synagogue of the Jews, the gentiles besought them that they would preach the word of god to them between the Sabbath days.

Then David himself calleth him Lord, and by what means is he then his son?" And much people heard him gladly.

And when he was come out into the way, there came one running and kneeled to him, and asked him, "Good Master, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?"

These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which received the word with all diligence of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were even so.

I have yet many things to say unto you, But ye cannot bear them away now.

When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord, thou knowest, that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my lambs."

We be of God, and he that knoweth God heareth us: and he that is not of God, heareth us not. And hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Pilate said unto him, "Art thou a King then?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a King. For this cause was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. And all that are of the truth hear my voice."

Howbeit, when he is once come - I mean the spirit of truth - he will lead you into all truth. He shall not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come.

But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the truth, and hast showed me secret wisdom.

Pilate said unto him, "Art thou a King then?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a King. For this cause was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. And all that are of the truth hear my voice."

which is the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive; because the world seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him. For he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

for the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be in us for ever.

And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten son of the father, which word was full of grace, and verity.

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

And the Jews strove among themselves, saying, "How can this fellow give us his flesh to eat?"

Then said the Jews, "Forty six years was this temple a building: and wilt thou raise it up in three days?"

The woman said unto him, "Sir, give me of that water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw."

Then said the disciples between themselves, "Hath any man brought him meat?"

Then said the Jews, "Will he kill himself? Because he saith, 'Whither I go, thither can ye not come?'"

Then, when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them. And he abode there two days.

And with many such similitudes he preached the word unto them, after as they might hear it.

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye children of Israel: For the LORD must punish them, that dwell in the land. And why? There is no faithfulness, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of God in the land:

but the living, yea the living acknowledge thee, like as I do this day. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulness.

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye children of Israel: For the LORD must punish them, that dwell in the land. And why? There is no faithfulness, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of God in the land:

in the words of truth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousness of the right hand and on the left hand, in honour and dishonour, in evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth:

And because I tell you the truth, therefore ye believe me not.

Paul, the servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to preach the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of that truth,

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

No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil.

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; who keepeth his promise forever;

Now, LORD God of Israel, let thy saying be true, which thou saidest unto thy servant David.

For the LORD is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

For all the promises of God, in him are "Yea": and are in him "Amen," unto the laud of God through us.

Thou shalt keep thy trust with Jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our fathers long ago.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

LORD, where are thy old loving-kindnesses, which thou sworest unto David in thy truth?

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

He that believeth in the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, maketh him a liar, because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son.

Then said the serpent unto the woman, "Tush, ye shall not die: but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."

But and if I tarry long, that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.

A just man will tell the truth, and show the thing that is right; but a false witness deceiveth.

The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness,

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Now the things that ye shall do, are these: Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgment truly, and peaceably within your ports,

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth:

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding;

rejoiceth not in iniquity: but rejoiceth in the truth,

"Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be joy and gladness, and prosperous high feasts unto the house of Judah: Only, love the truth and peace.

They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.

Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.

Wherefore the LORD show you mercy and truth again. And I will do you good also, because ye have done this thing.

He shall defend thee under his wings, that thou mayest be safe under his feathers: his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and truth.

and they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, saying,

And I heard another out of the altar say, "Even so, Lord God almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments."

And when the LORD walked before him, he cried, "LORD, LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth,

and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

and shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables:

Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness - but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.

Furthermore brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things pertain to love, whatsoever things are of honest report, if there be any virtuous thing, if there be any laudable thing, those same have ye in your mind,

whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle - I tell the truth in Christ and lie not - being the teacher of the gentiles in faith and verity.

Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee: bind them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thine heart.

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye children of Israel: For the LORD must punish them, that dwell in the land. And why? There is no faithfulness, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of God in the land: