43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah

Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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

Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

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

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.

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

But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof.

And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee.

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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

transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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

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

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.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;