Bible Verse | Truth

Throughout the Bible, the concept of truth holds significant importance. From passages emphasizing the truthfulness of God's word to the call for honesty and integrity in our daily lives, the Bible offers profound insights into the nature of truth.

Selection of 30 Bible verses that speak about truth, guiding us to seek, uphold, and live by the truth in all aspects of our lives.

Bible Verses About Truth:

John 14:6 (NIV) - "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"

Psalm 25:5 (NIV) - "Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long."

Psalm 86:11 (NIV) - "Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name."

Proverbs 12:17 (NIV) - "An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies."

Proverbs 23:23 (NIV) - "Buy the truth and do not sell it—wisdom, instruction and insight as well."

Ephesians 4:25 (NIV) - "Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body."

Zechariah 8:16 (NIV) - "These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts."

John 8:32 (NIV) - "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Psalm 119:160 (NIV) - "All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal."

Colossians 3:9 (NIV) - "Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices."

1 John 1:6 (NIV) - "If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth."

James 1:18 (NIV) - "He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created."

Psalm 119:30 (NIV) - "I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws."

John 17:17 (NIV) - "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."

2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV) - "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."

Ephesians 6:14 (NIV) - "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place."

Psalm 145:18 (NIV) - "The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth."

Proverbs 14:25 (NIV) - "A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful."

1 John 3:18 (NIV) - "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

John 18:37 (NIV) - "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."

Psalm 119:142 (NIV) - "Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true."

2 Thessalonians 2:13 (NIV) - "But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth."

3 John 1:4 (NIV) - "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."

Psalm 86:15 (NIV) - "But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness."

John 4:24 (NIV) - "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."

Proverbs 16:13 (NIV) - "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right."

1 Peter 1:22 (NIV) - "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart."

Psalm 119:151 (NIV) - "Yet you are near, Lord, and all your commands are true."

John 14:17 (NIV) - "the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."

John 16:13 (NIV) - "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."

These Bible verses reflect the profound importance of truth in the Christian faith and provide guidance on how to seek, embrace, and live by the truth in our lives.