Topic
Liar
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A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
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.
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.
A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
Fervent lips and a wicked heart Arelikean earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. — read the full passage →
A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
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.
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →
In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
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 →
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
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.
for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →
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:
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.
Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →
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 the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;
Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death, — read the full passage →
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.
Forthe sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
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.
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.
For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
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 →
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. — read the full passage →
as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →
Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. — read the full passage →
And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? — read the full passage →
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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 →
Every word of God is tried: He is a shield unto them that take refuge in him. — read the full passage →
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. — read the full passage →
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