Not Telling The Truth

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

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

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

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man 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 shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

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.

These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — 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 Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

O 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 neighbour.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh 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 darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

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

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

For we are not as many, which corrupt 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 a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, 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 was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by 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, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

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

And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →

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

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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

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

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; — read the full passage →

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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 depart, I will send him unto you.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

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 neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

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: — read the full passage →

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:

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. — read the full passage →

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

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by 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 also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty 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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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

From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.