15 Bible Verses about Lying, Examples Of

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

And Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but thou didst laugh.

And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood; and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

And they said to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah thy God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us.read more.
This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy. And these flasks of wine which we filled new, behold, they are rent; and these our garments and our sandals are become old by reason of the very long journey.

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound."

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.

And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.

And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him.

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.

For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and violence; the prey departeth not.

And again he denied with an oath: I do not know the man.

And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard it.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.