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Bible Verses About Truth

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 10/05/2026
Bible Verses About Truth

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What does the Bible say about truth? In John 14:6, Jesus says, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life," placing truth at the very center of who He is. Truth is a universal topic that we all seek to know and understand. Whether it's knowing the truth (John 8:32: "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free") or speaking the truth (Ephesians 4:15: "speaking the truth in love"), both are found in a growing relationship with God.

When we spend time in God's Word and in prayer, the truth is revealed to us. These Bible verses about truth show its significance in biblical times and in our modern-day lives, and they can help answer the question of what truth in the Bible really means.

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Zechariah 8:16

Zechariah 8:16
16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts;
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John 14:6

Your Daily Verse - John 14:6
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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1 John 1:8

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
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1 John 3:18

18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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1 John 4:6

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.
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1 Kings 17:24

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.”
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3 John 1:4

Your Daily Verse - 3 John 1:4
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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2 Timothy 2:15

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.
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Ephesians 6:14

14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
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Exodus 20:16

16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
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James 1:18

18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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John 1:14

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.
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John 1:17

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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John 4:24

24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
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John 8:32

John 8:32
32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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John 16:13

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.
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John 17:17

John 17:17
17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
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Proverbs 12:22

Your Daily Verse - Proverbs 12:22
22 The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
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Psalm 25:5

5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
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Psalm 86:11

11 Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
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Psalm 119:160

160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.
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Psalm 145:18

18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
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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.
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John 8:31-32

John 8:32
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.”
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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.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-6

Love is Patient, Love is Kind
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.
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