Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
9 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “truth” →
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
