“It is Written” is God's Truth: Here are some Bible verses that relate to speaking God's truth.
When we spend time in God's Word and in prayer, the truth is revealed to us.
John 18:37 - 38
37 “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.”
38 “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
Psalms 119:160 - All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
John 17:17 - Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John 16:12-15
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 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. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me that he will make known to you.”
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:17 - For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 4:24 - God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
John 8:31 - 32
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 14:6 - Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 16:13 - 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.
1 John 1:8 - If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John 3:18 - Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 4:6 - We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
3 John 1:4 - have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 - 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 1:13 - 14
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.
14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 6:14 - Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
James 1:18 - He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
Exodus 20:16 - “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
1 King 17:24 - Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”
Proverbs 12:22 - The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Psalms 25:5 - Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalms 86:11 - Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
Psalms 145:18 - The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
*1 Corinthians 13:4 - 6
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
The devil is a liar and the father of lies, and he cannot stand in the truth:
John 8:44
"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him".
Ephesians 4:25-28
"Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another".
However, the devil can also tell the truth when it serves his purposes. For example, when the devil tempted Jesus to throw himself off the Temple, he quoted Psalm 91:12, which says God will not let Jesus come to harm. However, the devil left out a crucial point that Jesus included in his reply:
"You shall not test the Lord."