Topic

Lies

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Proverbs 12:22

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

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 →

Psalms 101:7

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

1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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.

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.

Proverbs 12:19

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

Matthew 5:11

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

Proverbs 14:5

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

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;

Proverbs 10:18

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

Romans 1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Proverbs 17:7

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

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Romans 1:30

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Proverbs 6:16–19

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

Colossians 3:9

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

Proverbs 30:8

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

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?

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.

Psalms 120:2

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

Psalms 34:13

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

Proverbs 19:5

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

Genesis 3:4–5

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: — read the full passage →

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.

1 John 1:6

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

1 Peter 3:10–11

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: — 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 →

Isaiah 54:15–17

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 14:1–15:33

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 10:9

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Ephesians 4:25

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

Proverbs 30:2

Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Proverbs 24:28

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Leviticus 19:11

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

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

1 Peter 3:3

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Hebrews 4:12–13

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. — read the full passage →

John 14:6–7

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

Psalms 58:3

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

Psalms 15:2–3

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

1 Peter 3:9–12

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. — read the full passage →

James 3:14

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

Luke 8:17

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Psalms 119:163

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

Psalms 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Revelation 22:15

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

1 Timothy 4:2

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

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 1:26–2:1

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

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?

Acts 5:3–4

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? — read the full passage →

John 1:1–6:71

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Mark 7:20–23

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:18–19

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:1–11:30

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

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 21:6

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

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 16:1–28:28

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 15:4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Proverbs 13:5

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

Proverbs 12:1–22:29

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 11:13

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Proverbs 11:1–13:25

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 10:1–19:29

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 8:1–13:25

Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? — read the full passage →

Proverbs 4:1–24:34

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

Exodus 23:1–9

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

Genesis 3:4

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

Galatians 5:1

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Jeremiah 29:11–13

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 6:32–33

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. — read the full passage →

Titus 3:4–6

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:36–37

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:14–15

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:28

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Isaiah 6:5–7

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 24:11–12

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 12:26

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Psalms 41:1–3

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. — read the full passage →

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

1 John 1:4–5

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. — read the full passage →

James 3:5–10

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:2

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

2 Corinthians 6:14–15

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? — read the full passage →

Romans 8:1–2

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Acts 25:16

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

Acts 16:36–39

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. — read the full passage →

John 8:42–45

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. — read the full passage →

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

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 →

John 3:15–18

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Matthew 19:2

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

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