What Does the Bible Say About Being Truthful?

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Romans 1:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

1 John 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

1 John 1:1-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ...

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. ...

John 17:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. ...

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Psalm 22:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. ...

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

James 1:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 4:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” ...

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Galatians 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

Romans 5:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 1:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” ...

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 8:58 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

John 3:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

John 3:1-36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

John 1:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

John 1:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

Luke 23:43 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Exodus 3:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Genesis 8:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

34 Bible Verses about Being Truthful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 1:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:1-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 22:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 1:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 4:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 1:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 8:58 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:1-36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 23:43 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 3:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 8:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Being Truthful

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 1:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:1-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 17:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 22:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 1:20-21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

James 1:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 4:1-16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Galatians 4:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 5:12 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 3:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 1:1-26 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 17:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 8:58 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 3:1-36 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 1:1-51 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Luke 23:43 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Isaiah 53:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Exodus 3:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 8:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote