John 8:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.””
What this verse means
‘You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’—Jesus promises that holding to his teaching brings freedom from sin.
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“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and the truth shall make you free.'”
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Other passages that echo John 8:32 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:41Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.
- Psalms 25:5Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalms 119:45And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
- Proverbs 1:23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
- Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
- Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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