'Truly' in the Bible
So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left.”
Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
So Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I did:
But truly we have done this out of concern, for a reason, saying, ‘In time to come your sons may say to our sons, “What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?
Yet David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death.”
The king said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she answered, “Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
“Truly is not my house so with God?For He has made an everlasting covenant with me,Ordered in all things, and secured;For all my salvation and all my desire,Will He not indeed make it grow?
So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi answered, “Truly she has no son and her husband is old.”
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.
All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, “Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.
“Truly then you are the people,And with you wisdom will die!
Saying, ‘Truly our adversaries are cut off,And their abundance the fire has consumed.’
“For truly my words are not false;One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
“Therefore I swore in My anger,Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”
The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
“But if you refuse and rebel,You will be devoured by the sword.”Truly, the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated all the countries and their lands,
Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,O God of Israel, Savior!
Calling a bird of prey from the east,The man of My purpose from a far country.Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.I have planned it, surely I will do it.
For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
Woe is me, because of my injury!My wound is incurable.But I said, “Truly this is a sickness,And I must bear it.”
“Although our iniquities testify against us,O Lord, act for Your name’s sake!Truly our apostasies have been many,We have sinned against You.
Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”
The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the Lord has truly sent.”