Quotes About Truth

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

and the idols will vanish completely.

The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ëBe ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.í

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ëIt will not arise; it will not happen.

And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldnít a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.