36 Bible Verses about Truth

Stand firm, therefore, having fastened the belt of truth around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

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

Your righteousness is an eternal righteousness, and your instruction is true.

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

so that by these two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge in him might be encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

maker of heaven and earth, the seas and everything in them, forever the guardian of truth,

Flawless is the work of the Rock, because all his ways are just. A faithful God never unjust righteous and upright is he.

"Now therefore, Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have spoken to your servant these good things.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit.

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit.

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his heart."

It won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Whoever speaks must speak God's words. Whoever serves must serve with the strength that God supplies, so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus, the Messiah. Glory and power belong to him forever and ever! Amen.

because no prophecy ever originated through a human decision. Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

We don't speak about these things with words taught us by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people.

Tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "A massive eagle with gigantic wings, long pinions, and full, multi-colored plumage came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

This is what the LORD told me: "Go and buy a linen belt for yourself, and put it around your waist. But don't let it get wet."

I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Tell them: "What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males. She raised one cub in particular, teaching that fierce lion to become a hunter-prowler to eat human beings.

So compose a parable for the rebellious house. Tell them, "This is what the Lord God says: "Prepare your pot for boiling! Set it in place. Fill it up with water, too.

I truly love your commands more than gold, including fine gold.

Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Instruction that comes from you is better for me than thousands of gold and silver coins. Yod

I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.

I truly love your commands more than gold, including fine gold.

Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Instruction that comes from you is better for me than thousands of gold and silver coins. Yod

I find joy at what you have said like one who has discovered a great treasure.

truthful speech, and divine power; through the weapons of righteousness in the right and left hands;

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

For if I have been doing some boasting about you to him, I have never been ashamed of it. Moreover, since everything we told you was true, our boasting to Titus has also proved to be true.

Teach me your ways, LORD, that I may walk in your truth; let me wholeheartedly revere your name.

For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth.

I was overjoyed to find some of your children living truthfully, just as the Father has commanded us.

I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified about your truthfulness and how you live according to the truth

"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father he will testify on my behalf.

Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all truth. He won't speak on his own accord, but he'll speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

We belong to God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

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

Gracious love and truth preserve a king; through love his throne is made secure.

Iniquity is atoned for by gracious love and truth, and through fear of the LORD people turn from evil.

For you, God, have heard my promises; you have assigned to me the heritage of those who fear your name. Add day after day to the king's life; may his years continue for many generations. May he be enthroned before God forever; Appoint your gracious love and truth to guard him.

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize God's Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus the Messiah has become human and remains so is from God. But every spirit who does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist. You have heard that he is coming, and now he is already in the world.

This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all! If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would've loved me, because I came from God and am here. I haven't come on my own accord, but he sent me. Why don't you understand what I've said? It's because you can't listen to my words. You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus, the Messiah, one who is righteous. It is he who is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world's. This is how we can be sure that we have come to know him: if we continually keep his commandments. read more.
The person who says, "I have come to know him," but does not continually keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth has no place in that person.

They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned. At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.

will say to the LORD, "You are my refuge, my fortress, and my God in whom I trust!" He will surely deliver you from the hunter's snare and from the destructive plague. With his feathers he will cover you, under his wings you will find safety. His truth is your shield and armor.

I will give thanks to you among the nations, LORD! I will sing praise to you among the nations. For your gracious love extends to the sky, and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

For great is his gracious love toward us, and the LORD's faithfulness is eternal. Hallelujah!

for the LORD is good and his gracious love stands forever. His faithfulness remains from generation to generation. A Davidic Psalm

Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me. If anyone wants to do his will, he'll know whether this teaching is from God or whether I'm speaking on my own. The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is genuine, and there's nothing false in him.

Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him? Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth. This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves strong in his presence. read more.
If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything. Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God.

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize God's Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus the Messiah has become human and remains so is from God.

However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?

But King Jehoash of Israel sent this message to King Amaziah of Judah: "The thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to the cedar of Lebanon: "Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But just then a wild beast from Lebanon wandered by and trampled down the thorn bush.

But King Joash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah, "There once was a thorn bush in Lebanon that sent an invitation to the cedar of Lebanon that read "Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Right about then, a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.

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

Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vintner. He cuts off every branch that does not produce fruit in me, and he cuts back every branch that does produce fruit, so that it might produce more fruit. You are already clean because of what I've spoken to you. read more.
"Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce 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. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up. "If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you'll receive it. This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and so prove to be my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. I've told you this, so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. "This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do what I command you. I don't call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing. But I've called you friends, because I've made known to you everything that I've heard from my Father. "You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another." "If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. Remember what I told 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. They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin. The person who hates me also hates my Father. If I hadn't done among them the actions that no one else did, they wouldn't have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But this happened so that what has been written in their Law might be fulfilled: "They hated me for no reason.' "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father he will testify on my behalf. You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning.

I will ask the Father to give you another Helper, to be with you always. He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you. I'm not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you. read more.
"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

"But now I am going to the one who sent me. Yet none of you asks me, "Where are you going?' But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts. However, I'm telling you the truth. It's for your advantage that I'm going away, because if I don't go away, the Helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. read more.
When he comes, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment of sin, because they don't believe in me; of righteousness, because I'm going to the Father and you will no longer see me; and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. "I still have a lot to say to you, but you cannot bear it now. Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all truth. He won't speak on his own accord, but he'll speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

Here's what you must do: tell the truth to your neighbors, administer true and peaceful justice in your courtrooms,

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

Here's what you must do: tell the truth to your neighbors, administer true and peaceful justice in your courtrooms,

LORD, who may stay in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain? The one who lives with integrity, who does righteous deeds, and who speaks truth to himself. The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation. read more.
The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change, who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever. A special Davidic Psalm.

The truth teller speaks what is right, but the false witness speaks what is deceitful.

My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Flawless is the work of the Rock, because all his ways are just. A faithful God never unjust righteous and upright is he.

"Now you must fear the LORD and serve him in faithfulness and truth. Throw away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Instead, serve the LORD.

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

All the paths of the LORD lead to gracious love and truth for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

Won't those who plot evil go astray? But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?"

and so that the LORD may fulfill his promise that he spoke about me when he said, "If your sons pay attention to how they live by walking truthfully in my presence with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

"Remember me, LORD," he said, "how I have walked in your presence with integrity, with an undivided heart, and I have accomplished what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept deeply.

Deceitful speech is reprehensible 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 become evident that his actions have God's approval."

but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)

I am telling the truth because I belong to the Messiah I am not lying, and my conscience confirms it by means of the Holy Spirit.

The LORD remains near to all who call out to him, to everyone who calls out to him sincerely.

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

"Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.

I'll inform you about what has been recorded in the Book of Truth. No one stands firmly with me against these opponents, except Michael your prince.

The LORD remains near to all who call out to him, to everyone who calls out to him sincerely.

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

In conclusion, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and give glory to the King of heaven: For everything he does is true, his ways are just, and he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

Whatever he does is reliable and just, and all his precepts are trustworthy,

For the word of the LORD is upright; and all his works are done in faithfulness.

in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.

Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth.

"Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.

It is for their sakes that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified by the truth.

They replied to him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves to anybody. So how can you say, "You will be set free'?"

So the disciples told him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."

"Sanctify them by the truth. Your word is truth.

The sum of your word is truth, and each righteous ordinance of yours is everlasting. Sin/Shin

He is remembered for his awesome deeds; the LORD is gracious and compassionate. He prepares food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant. He revealed his mighty deeds to his people by giving them a country of their own. read more.
Whatever he does is reliable and just, and all his precepts are trustworthy, sustained through all eternity, and fashioned in both truth and righteousness.

For the word of the LORD is upright; and all his works are done in faithfulness.

"Now you must fear the LORD and serve him in faithfulness and truth. Throw away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Instead, serve the LORD.

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

and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

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

The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is genuine, and there's nothing false in him.

Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear.

"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?"

is never glad with sin; she's always glad to side with truth, and pleased that truth will win.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

Flawless is the work of the Rock, because all his ways are just. A faithful God never unjust righteous and upright is he.

Then whoever takes an oath by the God of faithfulness, and whoever takes an oath in the land, will swear by the God of faithfulness, because the former troubles are forgotten and are hidden from my eyes.

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

Here's what you must do: tell the truth to your neighbors, administer true and peaceful justice in your courtrooms,

So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you weren't ready for it. And you're still not ready!

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

God is not a human male he doesn't lie, nor is he a human being he never vacillates. Once he speaks up, he's going to act, isn't he? Once he makes a promise, he'll fulfill it, won't he?

and so that the LORD may fulfill his promise that he spoke about me when he said, "If your sons pay attention to how they live by walking truthfully in my presence with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

"Remember me, LORD," he said, "how I have walked in your presence with integrity, with an undivided heart, and I have accomplished what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept deeply.

However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.

So have I now become your enemy for telling you the truth?

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

Into your hands I commit my spirit; for you have redeemed me, LORD God of truth.

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."

because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy keep thinking about these things.

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. Truth is missing, and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey." "Then the LORD looked, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

I will bow down in worship toward your holy Temple and give thanks to your name for your gracious love and truth, for you have done great things to carry out your word consistent with your name.

I also will praise you with the harp; because of your faithfulness, my God, I will praise you with the lyre Holy One of Israel.

"Now as to why I've come to speak with your majesty the king, it's because the people have made me afraid, so your humble servant told herself, "I'll go speak to the king, so perhaps the king will do what his humble servant has requested.

The truth teller speaks what is right, but the false witness speaks what is deceitful.

Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

A truthful saying is trusted forever, but the liar only for a moment.

Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, maker of heaven and earth, the seas and everything in them, forever the guardian of truth,

Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

A truthful saying is trusted forever, but the liar only for a moment.

in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Stand firm, therefore, having fastened the belt of truth around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Do your best to present yourself to God as an approved worker who has nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth with precision.

and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

Gracious love and truth preserve a king; through love his throne is made secure.

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and told him, "Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and a soldier turned aside, brought a prisoner to me, and told me, "Guard this man. If he turns up missing for any reason at all, you'll pay for it with your life or be fined one talent of silver.'

For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)

They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.

for the fruit that the light produces consists of every form of goodness, righteousness, and truth.

""Look, I'll bring restoration and healing to it, and I'll heal them. I'll reveal to them an abundance of peace and faithfulness.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit.

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. Truth is missing, and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey." "Then the LORD looked, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

They use their tongues like a bow. Lies rather than truth fly throughout the land. They progress from one evil to another, and they don't know me," declares the LORD.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

From:aThe Elder To: The chosen lady and her children, whom I genuinely love, and not only I but also all who know the truth, that is present in us and will be with us forever.

LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.

You are to look for capable men among the people, men who fear God, men of integrity who hate dishonest gain. You are to set these men over them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Now that you have obeyed the truth and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely, you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have overcome the evil one.

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

For God's wrath is being revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and wickedness of those who in their wickedness suppress the truth.

When Jotham was informed about this, he went out, took his stand on top of Mount Gerizim, and cried out loudly, "Listen to me, you "lords" of Shechem, and God will listen to you.

And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.

So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say."

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept urging them to tell them the same things the next Sabbath.

David himself calls him "Lord,' so how can he be his son?" And the large crowd kept listening to him with delight.

As Jesus was setting out again, a man ran up to him, knelt down in front of him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

"I still have a lot to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.

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

We belong to God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."

Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he'll guide you into all truth. He won't speak on his own accord, but he'll speak whatever he hears and will declare to you the things that are to come.

Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, because he lives with you and will be in you.

that is present in us and will be with us forever.

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

The Jewish leaders said, "This sanctuary has been under construction for 46 years, and you're going to rebuild it in three days?"

The woman told him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I won't get thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?"

So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?"

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

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.

The living yes the living they thank you, just as I am doing today; fathers will tell their children about your faithfulness.

"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.

truthful speech, and divine power; through the weapons of righteousness in the right and left hands; through honor and dishonor; through ill repute and good repute; perceived as deceivers and yet true,

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me.

From: Paul, a servant of God, and also an apostle of Jesus the Messiah, to bring the faith to those chosen by God, along with full knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

Nicodemus asked him, "How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

maker of heaven and earth, the seas and everything in them, forever the guardian of truth,

"Now therefore, LORD God of Israel, may your promise that you made to your servant David be fulfilled"

for the LORD is good and his gracious love stands forever. His faithfulness remains from generation to generation. A Davidic Psalm

For all God's promises are "Yes" in him. And so through him we can say "Amen," to the glory of God.

You will remain true to Jacob, and merciful to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

All the paths of the LORD lead to gracious love and truth for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

Where is your gracious love of old, Lord, that in your faithfulness you promised to David?

If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and his word has no place in us.

The person who believes in the Son of God believes this testimony personally. The person who does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony that he has given about his Son.

"You certainly will not die!" the Shining One told the woman. "Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil."

in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

The truth teller speaks what is right, but the false witness speaks what is deceitful.

Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Stand firm, therefore, having fastened the belt of truth around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

because while the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus the Messiah.

Here's what you must do: tell the truth to your neighbors, administer true and peaceful justice in your courtrooms,

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

is never glad with sin; she's always glad to side with truth, and pleased that truth will win.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "The fasts that occur in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be joyful and glad times for the house of Judah, replete with cheerful festivals. Therefore, love truth and peace.'"

They use their tongues like a bow. Lies rather than truth fly throughout the land. They progress from one evil to another, and they don't know me," declares the LORD.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

Now may the Lord reward you with gracious love, as well as faithfulness, to you, too! And I will also reward you because you did this good thing.

With his feathers he will cover you, under his wings you will find safety. His truth is your shield and armor.

The fear of the LORD is clean, standing forever. The judgments of the LORD are true; they are altogether righteous.

He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.

They sang the song of God's servant Moses and the song of the lamb: "Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.

Then I heard the altar reply, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, your judgments are true and just."

The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and filled with gracious love and truth.

and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.

They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.

So let's keep celebrating the festival, neither with old yeast nor with yeast that is evil and wicked, but with yeast-free bread that is both sincere and true.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is acceptable, whatever is commendable, if there is anything of excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy keep thinking about these things.

For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth. I am not lying.)

Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,

"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.

Do not let gracious love and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,