Truth

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Saints should worship God in

• John 4:24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
• Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

Serve God in

• Joshua 24:14 Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 12:24 Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

Walk in the presence of God in

• 1 Kings 2:4 and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
• 2 Kings 20:3 “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Keep religious feasts with

• 1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

Esteem, as inestimable

• Proverbs 23:23 Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

Love

• Zechariah 8:19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Rejoice in

• 1 Corinthians 13:6 Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

Speak, to one another

• Zechariah 8:16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
• Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Execute judgment with

• Zechariah 8:16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

Meditate upon

• Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think on these things.

Bind, around the neck

• Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Write, upon the tables of the heart

• Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

The fruit of the Spirit is in

• Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

God' s servants should speak

• 2 Corinthians 12:6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
• Galatians 4:16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Teach in

• 1 Timothy 2:7 For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything .

Approve themselves by

• 2 Corinthians 6:7–8 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;

Magistrates should be men of

• Exodus 18:21 Furthermore, select capable men from among the people — God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Kings are preserved by

• Proverbs 20:28 Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

They who speak, show forth righteousness

• Proverbs 12:17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Those who speak, are the delight of God

• Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

The evil people

Are destitute of

• Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Speak not

• Jeremiah 9:5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Uphold not

• Isaiah 59:14–15 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

Plead not for

• Isaiah 59:4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Are not valiant for

• Jeremiah 9:3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Punished for want of

• Jeremiah 9:5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
• Jeremiah 9:9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
• Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
• Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

The gospel as, came by Christ

• John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Is in Christ

• 1 Timothy 2:7 For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything .

John bore witness to

• John 5:33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Is according to godliness

• Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

Is sanctifying

• John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
• John 17:19 For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

Is purifying

• 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Is part of the Christian armor

• Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

Revealed abundantly to saints

• Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Abides continually with saints

• 2 John 1:2 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

Should be acknowledged

• 2 Timothy 2:25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.

Should be believed

• 2 Thessalonians 2:12–13 in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
• 1 Timothy 4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Should be obeyed

• Romans 2:8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
• Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

Should be loved

• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

Should be manifested

• 2 Corinthians 4:2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Should be rightly divided

• 2 Timothy 2:15 Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

Evil people turn away from

• 2 Timothy 4:4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

The wicked resist

• 2 Timothy 3:8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

Evil people are destitute of

• 1 Timothy 6:5 and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

The ekklesia (body of Christ) is the pillar and ground of

• 1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Satan is devoid of

• John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Of God

Is one of his attributes

• Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Isaiah 65:16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

He keeps, forever

• Psalm 146:6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

Abundant

• Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Inviolable

• Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Enduring to all generations

• Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

Exhibited in his

Ways

• Revelation 15:3 and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

Works

• Psalm 33:4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.
• Psalm 111:7 The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
• Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Judicial statutes

• Psalm 19:9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

Word

• Psalm 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
• John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

Fulfillment of promises in Christ

• 2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

Fulfillment of his covenant

• Micah 7:20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

Dealings with saints

• Psalm 25:10 All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

Deliverance of saints

• Psalm 57:3 He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

Punishment of evil people

• Revelation 16:7 And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

Is a shield and buckler to saints

• Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

We should confide in

• Psalm 31:5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
• Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Plead in prayer

• Psalm 89:49 Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?

Pray for its manifestation to ourselves

• 2 Chronicles 6:17 And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

Pray for its exhibition to others

• 2 Samuel 2:6 Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.

Make known, to others

• Isaiah 38:19 The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Magnify

• Psalm 71:22 So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
• Psalm 138:2 I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

Is denied by

The Devil

• Genesis 3:4–5 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Self-righteous people

• 1 John 1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

Unbelievers

• 1 John 5:10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

Unclassified Scriptures Relating to

• Exodus 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
• Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Psalm 31:5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
• Psalm 33:4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.
• Psalm 40:10 I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
• Psalm 51:6 Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
• Psalm 57:3 He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
• Psalm 57:10 For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
• Psalm 85:10–11 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed. Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
• Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.