# אֶמֶת (emet)

Israeli respelling: e-met. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H571. 125 Old Testament occurrences.

stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

King James renderings: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/emet-h571

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 24:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/27) — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the…
- [Genesis 24:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/48) — And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take…
- [Genesis 24:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/49) — And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
- [Genesis 32:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/10) — I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed…
- [Genesis 42:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/16) — Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth…
- [Genesis 47:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/29) — And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put,…
- [Exodus 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/21) — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them,…
- [Exodus 34:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/34/6) — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness a…
- [Deuteronomy 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/13/14) — Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is…
- [Deuteronomy 17:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/17/4) — And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abominat…
- [Deuteronomy 22:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/22/20) — But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
- [Joshua 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/12) — Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s ho…
- [Joshua 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/14) — And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, tha…
- [Joshua 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/24/14) — Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of…
- [Judges 9:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/15) — And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fir…
- [Judges 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/16) — Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his h…
- [Judges 9:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/19) — If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoic…
- [1 Samuel 12:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/12/24) — Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
- [2 Samuel 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/6) — And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
- [2 Samuel 7:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/7/28) — And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
- [2 Samuel 15:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/20) — Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take bac…
- [1 Kings 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/4) — That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in trut…
- [1 Kings 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/3/6) — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righte…
- [1 Kings 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/6) — And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
- [1 Kings 17:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/24) — And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
- [1 Kings 22:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/22/16) — And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
- [2 Kings 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/3) — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in t…
- [2 Kings 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/19) — Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in…
- [2 Chronicles 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/5) — And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
- [2 Chronicles 15:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/3) — Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
- [2 Chronicles 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/18/15) — And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
- [2 Chronicles 31:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/31/20) — And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
- [2 Chronicles 32:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/1) — After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fence…
- [Nehemiah 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/2) — That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above…
- [Nehemiah 9:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/13) — Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes an…
- [Nehemiah 9:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/33) — Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
- [Esther 9:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/30) — And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and t…
- [Psalms 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/15/2) — He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
- [Psalms 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/9) — The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
- [Psalms 25:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/25/5) — Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- [Psalms 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/25/10) — All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- [Psalms 26:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/26/3) — For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
- [Psalms 30:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/30/9) — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- [Psalms 31:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/5) — Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
- [Psalms 40:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/40/10) — I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindne…
- [Psalms 40:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/40/11) — Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
- [Psalms 43:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/43/3) — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- [Psalms 45:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/45/4) — And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
- [Psalms 51:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/51/6) — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- [Psalms 54:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/54/5) — He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
- [Psalms 57:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/3) — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his tru…
- [Psalms 57:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/10) — For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- [Psalms 61:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/61/7) — He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
- [Psalms 69:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/13) — But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy sal…
- [Psalms 71:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/71/22) — I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
- [Psalms 85:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/85/10) — Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- [Psalms 85:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/85/11) — Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
- [Psalms 86:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/11) — Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
- [Psalms 86:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/86/15) — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- [Psalms 89:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/14) — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- [Psalms 91:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/4) — He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
- [Psalms 108:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/108/4) — For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
- [Psalms 111:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/111/7) — The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
- [Psalms 111:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/111/8) — They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
- [Psalms 115:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/115/1) — Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
- [Psalms 117:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/117/2) — For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
- [Psalms 119:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/43) — And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
- [Psalms 119:142](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/142) — Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
- [Psalms 119:151](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/151) — Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
- [Psalms 119:160](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/160) — Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
- [Psalms 132:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/132/11) — The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- [Psalms 138:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/138/2) — I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above…
- [Psalms 145:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/145/18) — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
- [Psalms 146:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/146/6) — Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- [Proverbs 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/3) — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
- [Proverbs 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/7) — For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- [Proverbs 11:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/18) — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- [Proverbs 12:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/19) — The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- [Proverbs 14:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/22) — Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
- [Proverbs 14:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/25) — A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
- [Proverbs 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/6) — By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
- [Proverbs 20:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/28) — Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
- [Proverbs 22:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/21) — 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?
- [Proverbs 23:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/23) — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
- [Proverbs 29:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/14) — The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
- [Ecclesiastes 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/10) — The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
- [Isaiah 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/20) — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay…
- [Isaiah 16:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/16/5) — And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment,…
- [Isaiah 38:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/3) — And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which i…
- [Isaiah 38:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/18) — For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
- [Isaiah 38:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/19) — The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
- [Isaiah 39:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/39/8) — Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in…
- [Isaiah 42:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/42/3) — A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
- [Isaiah 43:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/9) — Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let…
- [Isaiah 48:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/1) — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the n…
- [Isaiah 59:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/14) — And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
- [Isaiah 59:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/15) — Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no jud…
- [Isaiah 61:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/8) — For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting cove…
- [Jeremiah 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/21) — Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
- [Jeremiah 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/2) — And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in h…
- [Jeremiah 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/5) — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themsel…
- [Jeremiah 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/10/10) — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall no…
- [Jeremiah 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/13) — Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give yo…
- [Jeremiah 23:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/28) — The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the w…
- [Jeremiah 26:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/26/15) — But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the…
- [Jeremiah 28:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/28/9) — The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hat…
- [Jeremiah 32:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/41) — Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
- [Jeremiah 33:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/6) — Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- [Jeremiah 42:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/5) — Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the…
- [Ezekiel 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/8) — He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true ju…
- [Ezekiel 18:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/9) — Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
- [Daniel 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/8/12) — And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practise…
- [Daniel 8:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/8/26) — And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
- [Daniel 9:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/13) — As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn…
- [Daniel 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/1) — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but…
- [Daniel 10:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/21) — But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael you…
- [Daniel 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/2) — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they al…
- [Hosea 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/1) — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no tru…
- [Micah 7:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/20) — Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
- [Zechariah 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/7/9) — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
- [Zechariah 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/3) — Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and…
- [Zechariah 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/8) — And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and i…
- [Zechariah 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/16) — These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
- [Zechariah 8:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/19) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the ten…
- [Malachi 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/6) — The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away fr…