Quotes About Truth

On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

You said, ëListen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall inform Me.í

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.