What Does the Bible Say About Half Truth?

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

John 17:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Genesis 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

James 5:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

Psalm 12:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Titus 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

1 Samuel 16:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

Judges 20:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

2 Samuel 22:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ...

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

John 10:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

Deuteronomy 32:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Genesis 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”

20 Bible Verses about Half Truth

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

James 5:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Psalm 12:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Judges 20:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 22:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Deuteronomy 32:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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20 Bible Verses about Half Truth

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 5:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 12:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 16:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 20:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 22:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Psalm 19:7 ESV / 12 helpful votes

John 17:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1 ESV / 9 helpful votes

James 5:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Psalm 12:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Judges 20:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 22:31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 1:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:35 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Deuteronomy 32:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote