35 Bible Verses About Being Authentic

Matthew 5:37

“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.”

Proverbs 12:22

“Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.”

Ephesians 4:25

“Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.”

1 John 1:6

“If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”

Psalm 15:1-2

“O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;

Proverbs 10:9

“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.”

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”

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Galatians 5:22-23

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”

Psalm 119:1

“Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!”

Proverbs 28:18

“Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.”

Colossians 3:9-10

“Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.”

1 Peter 2:1-2

“So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.”

Ephesians 4:15

“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”

Colossians 3:23-24

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.”

Proverbs 12:19

“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”

Proverbs 20:7

“The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him!”

John 14:6

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”

Psalm 34:13

“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.”

James 1:22

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

1 Peter 3:10

“For whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.”

Proverbs 16:13

“Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.”

John 8:32

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Romans 12:9

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.”

Proverbs 4:24

“Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.”

Colossians 3:17

“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Proverbs 19:1

“Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.”

Psalm 101:2-3

“I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.”

James 5:12

“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.”

Matthew 15:18-19

“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.”

1 John 2:6

“Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.”

Proverbs 21:3

“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”

John 3:21

“But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Psalm 51:6

“Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.”

John 17:17

“Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.”

Proverbs 13:5

“The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.”

John 4:24

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Ephesians 5:9

“(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true)”

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

Proverbs 12:5

“The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.”

John 1:14

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Zechariah 8:16

“These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;”