Quotes about Truth
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
— Exodus 23:1
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
— Exodus 23:2
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
— Exodus 23:7
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
— Exodus 23:8
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
— Leviticus 5:1
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
— Leviticus 6:3
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
— Leviticus 19:11
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:12
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:16
“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
— Numbers 22:38
But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
— Numbers 23:12
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
— Numbers 23:19