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Lieing

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Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

Proverbs 6:16–19

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Psalms 101:7

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

Proverbs 12:19

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

Colossians 3:9–10

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

Luke 8:17

For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

John 8:44

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.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

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;

Revelation 21:8

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.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

1 John 1:9

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

Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

Matthew 15:18–20

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

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Psalms 58:3

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

James 3:14

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Colossians 3:9

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

Psalms 34:13

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

Romans 12:17–21

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — 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 will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

John 8:32

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Proverbs 26:18–19

As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Psalms 109:2

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.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

John 8:43–47

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word. — read the full passage →

Psalms 120:2

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.

James 1:26

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Psalms 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

Revelation 21:7–8

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

1 John 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Luke 16:10

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

Proverbs 10:18

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Proverbs 14:25

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Proverbs 19:22

That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.

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.

Proverbs 10:9

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Hosea 4:2

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just; Butthe counsels of the wicked are deceit.

1 Timothy 4:2

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

Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

1 Kings 22:21–23

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. — 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 lay hold of the hope set before us:

Psalms 5:6

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Psalms 119:29

Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

1 Peter 3:10

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:

1 Corinthians 6:9–11

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 →

Revelation 22:15

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.

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Genesis 3:4

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

2 Chronicles 18:20–22

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 →

Luke 8:15

And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Isaiah 32:7

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.

Psalms 34:12–13

What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good? — read the full passage →

Psalms 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Acts 5:3

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?

Jeremiah 23:32

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.

Ephesians 4:15–16

but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ; — read the full passage →

John 14:6

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

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

Psalms 119:69

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

Psalms 59:12

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.

Revelation 21:27

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.

Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

Proverbs 25:18

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

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:

Zechariah 8:16

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;

Proverbs 20:17

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Matthew 5:37

But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Romans 10:9

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

Nahum 3:1

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

John 3:16–21

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 →

Revelation 2:2

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;

Proverbs 17:4

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Leviticus 19:11–12

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. — read the full passage →

Romans 16:17–18

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. — read the full passage →

2 Chronicles 18:19–22

And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. — read the full passage →

Matthew 18:15–17

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 13:19

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.

Matthew 7:15

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

1 Corinthians 6:9

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,

Psalms 55:23

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.

Leviticus 6:1–7

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Psalms 62:4

They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Ephesians 4:15

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

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wickedspeaketh perverseness.

Joshua 2:4–6

And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were: — read the full passage →

Psalms 44:21

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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