Telling Lies

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.

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.”

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

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

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

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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

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

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?

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

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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

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

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

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 take hold of the hope set before us.

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

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.’

There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart. — read the full passage →

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

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

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn’t depart.

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn’t send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another. — read the full passage →

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”

Arrogant speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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

He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.

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

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar. — read the full passage →

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? — read the full passage →

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

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

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

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

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;