You are near, O LORD, And all Your commandments are truth.
The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.
The LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.
I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.
The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
“For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
He who speaks truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit.
Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment.
Will they not go astray who devise evil? But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
A truthful witness saves lives, But he who utters lies is treacherous.
By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil.
Loyalty and truth preserve the king, And he upholds his throne by righteousness.
A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.
To make you know the certainty of the words of truth That you may correctly answer him who sent you?
Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
If a king judges the poor with truth, His throne will be established forever.
The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.
“Those who err in mind will know the truth, And those who criticize will accept instruction.
The mind of the hasty will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
and said, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”
“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the LORD And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in righteousness.
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.
“Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!
And you will swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ In truth, in justice and in righteousness; Then the nations will bless themselves in Him, And in Him they will glory.”
“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.
“They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the LORD.
“Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing iniquity.
The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the LORD.
Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.
And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will fling truth to the ground and perform its will and prosper.
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.
However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince.
And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece.
You will give truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old.
Thus says the LORD, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’
and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.’
These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’
And they sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.
But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.
But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth.
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