Topic

Telling A Lie

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Proverbs 6:16–19

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 12:19

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Colossians 3:9–10

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 5:20

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

1 John 2:4

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

John 3:17

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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