Jeremiah 9:3 (NIV) "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.
Proverbs 19:22 (NIV) What a man desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
John 14:6 (ESV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Better the ugly truth than a beautiful lie. —Anonymous,
Quoted in Men of Integrity, Vol. 2, no. 4, Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "HONESTY".
