Quotes About Truth

And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the kingís household.”

And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ëYou will surely recover.í But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”

Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”

When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.

“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ëThis is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.í”

So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ëHave you come in peace?í” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”

So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ëHave you come in peace?í” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”

When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

ëAs surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.í Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?

Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”

And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ëTell the man who sent you

He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.