Topic
Liars
100 verses · ranked by helpfulness
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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.
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.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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?
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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 →
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
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:
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →
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.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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?
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; — read the full passage →
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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.
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.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →
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:
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.
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;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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:
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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:
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.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
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.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. — read the full passage →
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. — read the full passage →
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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 →
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?
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?
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
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.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 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.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.