Topic

Liar

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Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 26:23–28

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

1 John 1:9

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

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Romans 12:19

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Revelation 22:15

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

James 3:14

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Proverbs 12:19

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

1 Timothy 4:2

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Colossians 3:9

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

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:16–19

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Luke 12:1–59

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode 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 →

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Romans 3:4

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Matthew 7:21–23

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 which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 19:22

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

Philippians 4:6

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Psalms 101:7

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

1 John 4:20

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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Psalms 119:163

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Titus 1:2

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Revelation 21:27

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

1 Timothy 1:10

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

1 Timothy 1:9–11

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →

Hebrews 6:18

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Genesis 3:4

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

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Acts 5:3

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Proverbs 14:25

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Psalms 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

1 John 2:22

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

John 17:17

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Proverbs 30:6

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Proverbs 10:18

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Colossians 3:9–10

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

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Psalms 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Revelation 2:2

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Psalms 5:6

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Psalms 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Psalms 116:11

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Proverbs 26:18–19

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Matthew 15:18–20

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

Psalms 120:2

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 59:12

For the 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.

Isaiah 32:7

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

Psalms 55:23

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

James 1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Zephaniah 3:13

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.

Nahum 3:1

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

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

1 Peter 2:1–20

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

1 John 2:4

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

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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:

Psalms 109:2

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Psalms 119:29

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

1 Peter 3:10

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Psalms 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Matthew 5:33–37

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

Hosea 4:2

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Ephesians 4:15

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Revelation 21:7–8

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

1 Timothy 1:9–10

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, — read the full passage →

Leviticus 19:11–12

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 13:19

And will ye pollute 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 hear your lies?

Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Matthew 10:28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Proverbs 30:8

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Psalms 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

2 Chronicles 18:20–22

Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:9–11

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 mankind, — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 2:9

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

John 3:16–17

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

Proverbs 30:5–6

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →

Psalms 34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Ephesians 6:1–24

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:25–26

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. — read the full passage →

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