Quotes About Truth

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

And He said to man, ëBehold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.í”

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,

and he burned with anger against Jobís three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

Therefore I say, ëListen to me; I too will declare what I know.í

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

So do not claim, ëWe have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.í

But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.