Honesty Bible Verses

"There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community."

— Proverbs 6:16-19

"An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies."

— Proverbs 12:17

"Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment."

— Proverbs 12:19

"Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place."

— Psalm 51:6

"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

— John 8:32

"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.""

— John 14:6

"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."

— John 17:17

"If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth."

— 1 John 1:6

"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."

— 1 John 3:18

"The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth."

— 2 John 1:1

"It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."

— 3 John 1:3-4

"The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart."

— Psalm 15:2

"These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts."

— Zechariah 8:16

"True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin."

— Malachi 2:6

"My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness."

— Proverbs 8:7

"Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes."

— Isaiah 65:16

"Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body."

— Ephesians 4:25

"Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices."

— Colossians 3:9

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."

— Exodus 20:16

"Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive one another."

— Leviticus 19:11

"Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—would you use your lips to mislead?"

— Proverbs 24:28

"do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the LORD."

— Zechariah 8:17

"The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves."

— Proverbs 13:5

"keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies."

— Psalm 34:13

"No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence."

— Psalm 101:7

"A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful."

— Proverbs 14:25

"An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies."

— Proverbs 14:5

"For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.""

— 1 Peter 3:10

"The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself.""

— Romans 13:9

"This is what the LORD Almighty said: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.'"

— Zechariah 7:9-10

"We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine."

— 1 Timothy 1:9-10

"Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple "Yes" or "No." Otherwise you will be condemned."

— James 5:12

"All you need to say is simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."

— Matthew 5:37

"A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin."

— Proverbs 26:28

"A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare."

— Proverbs 21:6

"A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free."

— Proverbs 19:5

"A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish."

— Proverbs 19:9

"But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

— Revelation 21:8

"You destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, LORD, detest."

— Psalm 5:6

"Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues."

— Psalm 120:2

"One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble."

— Proverbs 17:20

"Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor."

— Proverbs 25:18

"They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me," declares the LORD."

— Jeremiah 9:3

"There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed."

— Hosea 4:2

"Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.""

— Acts 5:3-4

"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

— John 8:44

"Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood."

— Revelation 22:15

"Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron."

— 1 Timothy 4:2

"Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, speaking lies."

— Psalm 58:3

"A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward."

— Proverbs 11:18

"Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right."

— Proverbs 16:13

"For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth."

— 2 Corinthians 13:8

"An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips."

— Proverbs 24:26

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth."

— 1 Corinthians 13:6

"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ."

— Ephesians 4:15

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.""

— Hebrews 13:5

"The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit."

— Proverbs 15:4

"From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced. The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse."

— Proverbs 10:31-32

"Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool."

— Proverbs 10:18

"A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, who plots evil with deceit in his heart—he always stirs up conflict. Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy."

— Proverbs 6:12-15

"The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just."

— Psalm 37:30

"The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence."

— Proverbs 10:11

"The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense."

— Proverbs 10:21

"The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value."

— Proverbs 10:20

"The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil."

— Proverbs 15:28