Quotations about the truth

His persecutor had demanded not that he should deny Christ, but only that he should keep silent about the truth. Nevertheless, he died for Christ. Does Christ not say: I am the truth? Therefore, because John shed his blood for the truth, he surely died for Christ.

From a homily by Saint Bede the Venerable, priest.

Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 7:2

Love not to make any manner of lie;
For the custom thereof is not for good.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 7:13

Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 4:28

{28:5} Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

Proverbs 28:5

{11:18} Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:18

{10:9} He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Proverbs 10:9

{40:4} Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

The Psalms 40:4

{37:27} Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

The Psalms 37:27

{3:18} Let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

John's First Letter 3:18

{3:10} For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

Peter's First Letter 3:10

{1:4} I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

John's Third Letter 1:4

{6:12} For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:12

...transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.

Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

Isaiah 59:13-15

You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways.

Isaiah 64:5

And as a shedder of blood is he that deprives a hireling of his hire.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 34:22

Two million people died with coronavirus last year, and 42 million died of abortions.

Father Jacek, a Catholic priest.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 5:3-12

WHEN a man desires a thing too much, he at once becomes ill at ease.

Thomas À Kempis

For if you deal truly, your actions shall bring prosperity to you and to all those who live justly.

The Book of Tobit 4:6

Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 4:28

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