'Truth' in the Bible

Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.

But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,

And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,

then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and if it be truth, and the thing be certain, that this abomination hath happened in the midst of thee,

and it be told thee, and thou hearest of it; then thou shalt make thorough inquiry, and if it be truth and the thing be certain, that this abomination hath been wrought in Israel,

And now fear Jehovah and serve him in perfectness and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.

Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you.

Thou didst come yesterday, and should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I can? Return and take back thy brethren. Mercy and truth be with thee!

that Jehovah may confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee, said he, a man upon the throne of Israel.

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewn unto thy servant David my father great loving-kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great loving-kindness, that thou hast given him a son who sits upon his throne, as it is this day.

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Ah! Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not so? if only there shall be peace and truth in my days!

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,

Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:

Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou God of truth.

I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

Send out thy light and thy truth: they shall lead me, they shall bring me to thy holy mount, and unto thy habitations.

And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off.

He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.

For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)

He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, my God; unto thee will I sing psalms with the harp, thou holy One of Israel.

Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.

Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler.

For thy loving-kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is unto the clouds.

The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his precepts are faithful:

Maintained for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness.

For his loving-kindness is great toward us, and the truth of Jehovah endureth for ever. Hallelujah!

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

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

Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.

The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Jehovah is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth.

Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;

Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.

By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.

that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words; and that which was written is upright, words of truth.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

Jehovah, thou art my God: I will exalt thee; I will celebrate thy name, for thou hast done wonderful things; counsels of old which are faithfulness and truth.

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,

and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them declareth this, or causeth us to hear former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.

And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.

For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

so that he who blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of truth: because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from mine eyes.

and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, As Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.

But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.

only know for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth.

The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, because thou wast able to reveal this secret.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

And a time of trial was appointed unto the continual sacrifice by reason of transgression.) And it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised and prospered.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not Jehovah our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

However, I will declare unto thee that which is set down in the scripture of truth; and there is not one that sheweth himself strong with me against these, but Michael your prince.

And now will I declare unto thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall enrich himself with great riches more than all; and when he hath become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Ephraim encompasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet walketh with God, and with the holy things of truth.

Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.

Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called, The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.

and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak truth every one with his neighbour; execute truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

Thus saith Jehovah 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 joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.