Topic

Lying Lips

52 verses · ranked by helpfulness

Proverbs 6:16–19

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

Proverbs 12:22

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

Proverbs 12:19

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

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.

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.

Exodus 23:1

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

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 →

Proverbs 24:28

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

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Proverbs 12:17

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

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

Colossians 3:9

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

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

James 1:19

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Acts 5:1–11

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Isaiah 40:8

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Revelation 21:27

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.

Leviticus 19:11

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

James 3:14

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

1 John 4:1

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

Psalms 34:13

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

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.

Proverbs 21:6

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

Romans 13:9

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

James 4:11

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Ephesians 4:25

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

John 14:6

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

James 1:19–22

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:13

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

James 3:3

Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Ephesians 1:13

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Titus 1:12

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

Romans 3:10–18

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: — read the full passage →

Matthew 2:1–23

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Psalms 119:163

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

James 2:19

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

2 Timothy 3:16

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Ephesians 2:1–22

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →

Psalms 115:1–18

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake. — read the full passage →

Job 1:10

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Acts 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Proverbs 10:1–32

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 →

1 John 3:1–24

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

John 3:16

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.

1 Timothy 5:24

Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.