Bible Verses About Telling the Truth

“Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.”

“God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

“Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.”

“He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.”

“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”

“Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.”

“Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.”

“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.”

“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.”

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”

“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true — in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”

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

“However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.”

“The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.”

“And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy.”

“Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?”

“But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.”

“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father — He will testify about Me.”

“Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.”

“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

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

“Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.”

“Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

“This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.”

“Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.”

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.”

“Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.”

“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?”

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands — this is the Word of life. And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. We write these things so that our joy may be complete. And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.”

“The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.”

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.”

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.” “What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

“Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him— in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—”

“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.”

“Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.”

“Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?”

“He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.”

“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.”

“Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”

“They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.”

“And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth — the gospel of your salvation — you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.”

“An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.”

“Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.”

“You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.”

“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.”