And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.”

And I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master’s brother for his son.

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!”

Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord!

And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me as king over you, Then come and take shelter in my shade; But if not, let fire come out of the bramble And devour the cedars of Lebanon!’

“Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and sincerity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him as he deserves—

if then you have acted in truth and sincerity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

And now may the Lord show kindness and truth to you. I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.

In fact, you came only yesterday. Should I make you wander up and down with us today, since I go I know not where? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you.”

that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth.”

So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?”

So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”

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

He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart;

Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

“What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth.

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly.

Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.

And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness; And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.

Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

He will repay my enemies for their evil. Cut them off in Your truth.

He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.

For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.

You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

He shall abide before God forever. Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him!

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.

But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses, Which You swore to David in Your truth?

He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

before the Lord. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds.

They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in truth and uprightness.

The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.

For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!

I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.

You are near, O Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.

The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.

The Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: “I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.

I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,

Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,

For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit.

The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.

Do they not go astray who devise evil? But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth To those who send to you?

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

The king who judges the poor with truth, His throne will be established forever.

Whoever is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He swears to tell the truth, but reveals nothing.

The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright—words of truth.

The Returning Remnant of Israel

And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

In mercy the throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.”

Praise to God

O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “At least there will be peace and truth in my days.”

A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.

Let all the nations be gathered together, And let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, And show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

“Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the Lord, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in truth or in righteousness;

No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter.

So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

The Redeemer of Zion

Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice.

“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes.

And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives,’ In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory.”

The Justice of God’s Judgment

“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.

Judgment on Obscene Religion

“So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

“And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.

Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things:

“Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet;

Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.

“As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.

But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.

And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

God’s Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

You will give truth to Jacob And mercy to Abraham, Which You have sworn to our fathers From days of old.

“Thus says the Lord: ‘I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the Lord of hosts, The Holy Mountain.’

I will bring them back, And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people And I will be their God, In truth and righteousness.’

These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘The fast of the fourth month, The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.’

The law of truth was in his mouth, And injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and equity, And turned many away from iniquity.

And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.

When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.

Then they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:

The Word Becomes Flesh

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

The Truth Shall Make You Free

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.

Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me?

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

The Coming Rejection

“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all.

And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe.

Preaching to Cornelius’ Household

Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.

And some among the multitude cried one thing and some another. So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks.

But he said, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason.

God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

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

who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.

but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.

For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

David Celebrates the Same Truth

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

Israel’s Rejection of Christ

I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus was found true.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?

Justification by Faith

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?

Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

Love Fulfills the Law

You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—

if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Do Not Grieve the Spirit

Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

Their Conversion

For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.

and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Fast

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.

in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,

always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith;

and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.

Greeting

Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness,

not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

The Just Live by Faith

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

Bring Back the Erring One

Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

The Enduring Word

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

Peter’s Approaching Death

For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.

And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Let Truth Abide in You

Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

The Certainty of God’s Witness

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

Greeting the Elect Lady

The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,

because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Walk in Christ’s Commandments

I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.

Greeting to Gaius

The Elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth:

For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

Demetrius has a good testimony from all, and from the truth itself. And we also bear witness, and you know that our testimony is true.