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Not Telling The Truth
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There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →
Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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?
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.
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;
My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
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.
Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; — read the full passage →
The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.
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:
This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever. ש SHIN.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.
Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
if so be that ye heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →
And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart; — read the full passage →
Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life — read the full passage →
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
So belief cometh of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.
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.
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness; And a poor man is better than a liar.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →
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:
with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Now touching the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. — read the full passage →
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:
through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.
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