Dishonesty

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you 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 who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. — read the full passage →

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

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

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Abstain from every form of evil.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things. — read the full passage →

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

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

Behold, you trust in lying words, that can’t profit. — read the full passage →

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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 take hold of the hope set before us.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word. — read the full passage →

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

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

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

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

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

I will cause it to go out,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones.”

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. — read the full passage →

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

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

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

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

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

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

“If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor, — read the full passage →

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

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Arrogant speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff. — read the full passage →

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

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

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. — read the full passage →

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, 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 the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

“Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’ — read the full passage →