Dishonesty

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

abstain from every form of evil.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. — read the full passage →

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. — read the full passage →

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master’s house with violence and deceit.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. — read the full passage →

If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. — read the full passage →

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty. — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: — read the full passage →