Quotes About Truth

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

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 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

so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the kingís entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Hamanís house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Hamanís estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

Then Job replied:

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.