Lying

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood.

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, <FI>Is<Fi> a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

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

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

God <FI>is<Fi> not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do <FI>it<Fi> ? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

and the truth shall make you free.'

As <FI>one<Fi> pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word. — read the full passage →

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate <FI>it<Fi> , Thy law I have loved.

he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him--a God, and he shall be to me--the son, — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery--have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

The thoughts of the righteous <FI>are<Fi> justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

`And the spirit goeth out, and standeth before Jehovah, and saith, I--I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, By what? — read the full passage →

that through two immutable things, in which <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before <FI>us<Fi> ,

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

and without <FI>are<Fi> the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

And go out doth the spirit, and stand before Jehovah, and saith, I do entice him; and Jehovah saith unto him, With what? — read the full passage →

`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain <FI>it<Fi> , and bear fruit in continuance.

And the miser--his instruments <FI>are<Fi> evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? — read the full passage →

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I--I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ; — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

The sin of their mouth <FI>is<Fi> a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but--those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

These <FI>are<Fi> the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,

Sweet to a man <FI>is<Fi> the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled <FI>with<Fi> gravel.

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the city of blood, She is all with lies--burglary--full, Prey doth not depart.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow. — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

and Jehovah saith, Who doth entice Ahab king of Israel, and he doth go up and fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this speaker saith thus, and that speaker thus. — read the full passage →

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people--hearkening to lies.

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I--I do trust in Thee!

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

Only--from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue <FI>is<Fi> deceitful in their mouth.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

And the woman taketh the two men, and hideth them, and saith thus: `The men came in unto me, and I have not known whence they <FI>are<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.