Topic

Liar

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Proverbs 19:9

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

John 8:44

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.

Revelation 21:8

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.”

Proverbs 14:5

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

Proverbs 26:23–28

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 13:5

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

Proverbs 12:22

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

1 John 1:9

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

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Romans 12:19

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Revelation 22:15

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

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips”;

Proverbs 12:19

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

1 Timothy 4:2

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

Colossians 3:9

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

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

Proverbs 6:16–19

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

Luke 12:1–59

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 19:5

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

Proverbs 25:18

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Ephesians 4:25

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

Leviticus 19:11

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

Romans 3:4

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

Matthew 7:21–23

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 →

Proverbs 19:22

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

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Proverbs 30:5

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Psalms 101:7

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

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

1 John 4:20

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Psalms 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

Titus 1:2

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

Revelation 21:27

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.

1 Timothy 1:10

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

1 Timothy 1:9–11

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

Hebrews 6:18

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.

Genesis 3:4

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

Proverbs 17:7

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

Acts 5:3

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Proverbs 24:28

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

Proverbs 14:25

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

Psalms 58:3

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

1 John 2:22

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

John 17:17

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

Proverbs 30:6

Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Proverbs 10:18

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

Colossians 3:9–10

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

Numbers 23:19

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?

Psalms 63:11

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

Revelation 2:2

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Psalms 5:6

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Psalms 119:69

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

Psalms 116:11

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

Proverbs 26:18–19

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Matthew 15:18–20

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

Psalms 120:2

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 59:12

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

Isaiah 32:7

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

Psalms 55:23

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

James 1:26

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.

Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”

Nahum 3:1

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

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn’t send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

1 Peter 2:1–20

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

1 John 2:4

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

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

Psalms 109:2

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

Psalms 119:29

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

1 Peter 3:10

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

Psalms 12:2

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Proverbs 11:1

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

Exodus 23:2

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

2 Timothy 3:16

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Matthew 5:33–37

“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 →

Hosea 4:2

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

Ephesians 4:15

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

Revelation 21:7–8

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

1 Timothy 1:9–10

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

Leviticus 19:11–12

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Proverbs 26:24

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Proverbs 30:8

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;

Psalms 51:6

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

2 Chronicles 18:20–22

A spirit came out, stood before Yahweh, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ “Yahweh said to him, ‘How?’ — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:9–11

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

2 Thessalonians 2:9

even he whose coming is according to 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 one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 30:5–6

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. — read the full passage →

Psalms 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

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 by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. — read the full passage →

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