Telling Lies

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.

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.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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

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

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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:

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

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

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.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

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

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

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

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

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

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. — read the full passage →

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

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:

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

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:

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

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

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

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

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

But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

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

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

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

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

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.

Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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

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

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

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

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? — read the full passage →

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. — read the full passage →

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: