Bible Verses About Truthfulness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for truthfulness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,384 votes, led by John 14:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Truthfulness
John 14:6270 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Ephesians 4:15235 votes
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Proverbs 12:22214 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
1 John 3:18200 votes
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
2 Timothy 2:15190 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ephesians 4:25189 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
John 1:14183 votes
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 4:24183 votes
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Psalms 25:5172 votes
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
John 8:32172 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 17:17167 votes
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
James 1:18158 votes
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Psalms 86:11150 votes
Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
John 8:31-32142 votes
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
John 8:44135 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Philippians 4:8128 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
1 John 1:6128 votes
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
3 John 1:4126 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
1 John 5:20125 votes
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Hebrews 11:1123 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Psalms 33:4119 votes
For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Psalms 119:160119 votes
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Psalms 119:30118 votes
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
John 15:26117 votes
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
James 5:12110 votes
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
What does the Bible say about truthfulness?
Readers most often cite John 14:6 on the subject of truthfulness. Across 9,384 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:15, Proverbs 12:22, 1 John 3:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.