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Truth

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One unchanging truth for all people, revealed in Scripture and in Jesus Christ. Everything stable is built on it, and it is opposed on every side, so it must be sought and discerned.

“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” — John 17:3

In practice
10 attributes

Believers must turn off the noise, resist our inherent tendency to stray, and humbly study God's Word.

The attributes of Truth
KJV
Isaiah 45:19
19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
John 1:9
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 1:1
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Psalm 119:160
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Romans 3:4
4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
The world says
Truth is personal: what is right for you may not be right for me, and nobody can say what is good for everyone.
— From Life's Big Questions · Is truth the same for everyone?
God says
There is one truth for all people and places, revealed in God's Word and in Jesus; right and wrong flow from who He is.
John 14:6
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is Jesus the only way?
John 14:6
Every religion cannot be true at once; they contradict each other about God, death and how to be saved. So which one?
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is truth the same for everyone?
John 14:6
Whether there is one truth for everybody, or only "your truth" and "my truth", and whether anybody can be good without God.
Walk it with a young person

Topics in the Bible reader’s index that teach this statement. Open one to read its verses.

Truth 134The Truth of God 42 alsoTruth of God 31 alsoIgnoring God 10 alsoOther Religions 10 alsoReality 8Postmodernism 5 alsoCultural Differences 4
Topical index: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY 4.0), Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (public domain).
Matthew 24:35
35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Hebrews 13:8
8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Psalm 119:89
89For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Malachi 3:6
6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Psalm 117:2
2For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
James 1:17
17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Can I trust the Bible?
2 Timothy 3:16
A book written over centuries, by dozens of people, on three continents, copied and translated, and it holds together.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is truth the same for everyone?
John 14:6
Whether there is one truth for everybody, or only "your truth" and "my truth", and whether anybody can be good without God.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person

Topics in the Bible reader’s index that teach this statement. Open one to read its verses.

10 Commandments 10 alsoChange 10Absolute Truth 8Gap Theory 7 alsoRelativism 3
Topical index: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY 4.0), Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (public domain).
John 1:14
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 14:6
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Colossians 2:3
3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Hebrews 1:3
3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
John 18:37
37Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is Jesus God? Did He rise?
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
A good teacher does not say what He said. Either He was lying, or mad, or He is who He claimed. The tomb decides it.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is Jesus the only way?
John 14:6
Every religion cannot be true at once; they contradict each other about God, death and how to be saved. So which one?
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Matthew 7:24-27
24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
John 10:10
10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Psalm 119:105
105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 18:10
10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Proverbs 30:5
5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Ephesians 4:25
25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Can I trust the Bible?
2 Timothy 3:16
A book written over centuries, by dozens of people, on three continents, copied and translated, and it holds together.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person

Topics in the Bible reader’s index that teach this statement. Open one to read its verses.

Strong Foundation 10No Other Foundation 5Foundation 2
Topical index: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY 4.0), Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (public domain).
John 17:17
17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
2 Timothy 3:16
16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Numbers 23:19
19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Matthew 5:18
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Psalm 119:160
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
The world says
The Bible is an old book, copied and translated so many times that nobody knows what it originally said, and it contradicts itself.
— From Life's Big Questions · Can I trust the Bible?
God says
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God; the word of our God shall stand for ever; it is one story from Genesis to Revelation.
2 Timothy 3:16
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is Jesus God? Did He rise?
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
A good teacher does not say what He said. Either He was lying, or mad, or He is who He claimed. The tomb decides it.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Can I trust the Bible?
2 Timothy 3:16
A book written over centuries, by dozens of people, on three continents, copied and translated, and it holds together.
Walk it with a young person
John 8:44
44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Isaiah 59:14
14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 6:9
9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Ephesians 2:2
2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Matthew 24:11-12
11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
2 Timothy 3:13
13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Revelation 12:9
9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Creation or evolution?
Genesis 1:1
Whether everything made itself, and whether the people who say so are looking at the evidence or away from it.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Why evil and suffering?
Romans 5:12
If God is good and God is strong, why does it hurt this much? And why does the Old Testament read the way it does?
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
2 Timothy 2:15
15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
1 Corinthians 14:33
33For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Exodus 23:2
2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Proverbs 14:15
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
1 John 4:1
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Proverbs 11:2
2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Hebrews 5:14
14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Acts 17:11
11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Psalm 25:9
9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
The world says
Trust the experts. The official account is settled; questioning it is dangerous. Mainstream sources of information are reliable by default.
God says
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. The Bereans searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.
1 Thessalonians 5:21, Acts 17:11, Exodus 23:2
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Creation or evolution?
Genesis 1:1
Whether everything made itself, and whether the people who say so are looking at the evidence or away from it.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
2 Timothy 4:3-4
3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Matthew 11:25
25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
John 7:17
17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Matthew 7:13-14
13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Jeremiah 17:9
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Psalm 116:11
11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
John 3:19-20
19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Creation or evolution?
Genesis 1:1
Whether everything made itself, and whether the people who say so are looking at the evidence or away from it.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Is truth the same for everyone?
John 14:6
Whether there is one truth for everybody, or only "your truth" and "my truth", and whether anybody can be good without God.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person

Topics in the Bible reader’s index that teach this statement. Open one to read its verses.

Self-Delusion 47Ignorance 29Following your Heart 10Negative Influences 10Negative People 10Our Feelings 10 alsoSeek Truth 10Carnal Mindedness 9Culture 9 alsoCarnality 7Closed Minds 6
Topical index: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY 4.0), Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (public domain).
Luke 24:27
27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke 24:44
44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
John 5:39
39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Matthew 5:17
17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
2 Corinthians 1:20
20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Galatians 3:24
24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Hebrews 1:1-2
1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Hebrews 10:1
1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Why evil and suffering?
Romans 5:12
If God is good and God is strong, why does it hurt this much? And why does the Old Testament read the way it does?
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Life's Big Questions · a mentoring walk
Can I trust the Bible?
2 Timothy 3:16
A book written over centuries, by dozens of people, on three continents, copied and translated, and it holds together.
This walk is about another statement, and touches this one.
Walk it with a young person
Matthew 4:1-11
1Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Ephesians 6:10-18
10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
James 4:7
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:8-9
8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1 Corinthians 10:13
13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
1 John 4:4
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Colossians 2:15
15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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