Telling Lies

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood.

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

God <FI>is<Fi> not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do <FI>it<Fi> ? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

that through two immutable things, in which <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before <FI>us<Fi> ,

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate <FI>it<Fi> , Thy law I have loved.

He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but--those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices, — read the full passage →

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

Silver of dross spread over potsherd, <FI>Are<Fi> burning lips and an evil heart. — read the full passage →

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

These <FI>are<Fi> the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,

The desirableness of a man <FI>is<Fi> his kindness, And better <FI>is<Fi> the poor than a liar.

and no wonder--for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

`And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable--

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

and without <FI>are<Fi> the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death--that is, the devil--

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

And Peter said, `Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

As <FI>one<Fi> pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, <FI>Is<Fi> a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the city of blood, She is all with lies--burglary--full, Prey doth not depart.

Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I--I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I--I do trust in Thee!

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow. — read the full passage →

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips <FI>is<Fi> wickedness.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

The thoughts of the righteous <FI>are<Fi> justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth;

let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

if we may say--`we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk--we lie, and do not the truth;

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar; — read the full passage →

I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

`Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

The sin of their mouth <FI>is<Fi> a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? — read the full passage →

These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city; — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, <FI>With<Fi> vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery--have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.

And the miser--his instruments <FI>are<Fi> evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,