Quotes About Truth

You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighborís property.

an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighborís property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.

If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ëIf no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husbandís authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—ëthen may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.

The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”