Quotes About Truth

For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.

When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—

Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ëYou must not go to Egypt to reside there.í

“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,

Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet

How can you say, ëWe are warriors, mighty men ready for battleí?

I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.

But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

to deny a man justice before the Most High,

to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

If I say to the wicked man, ëYou will surely die,í but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ëThis is what the Lord GOD says.í Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.