43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit
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for {wicked and deceitful mouths} have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue.
You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah
Keep falsehood and a {lying word} far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me [with] food [only for] my need.
Remove from me [the] deceptive way, and graciously give me your law.
" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};
A lip of truth endures forever, but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.
Let lying lips be dumb, that speak against [the] righteous unrestrained with arrogance and contempt.
They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.
A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.
There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain before my eyes.
Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; and Judah is still wandering with God and [is] faithful to the Holy One.
Do not lie to one another, [because you] have taken off the old man together with his deeds,
But they enticed him with their mouth and lied to him with their tongue.
He said, 'I will go out and I will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You shall entice and succeed, go out and do so.'
Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.
Then he said, 'I will go forth and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You will entice him and will also succeed. Go out and do so.'
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion} so that they will believe the lie,
Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," {declares} Yahweh.
And everyone deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak [the] truth, they have taught their tongues to speak lies, they are tired [from] going astray.
So then, see that Yahweh has placed a false spirit in the mouth of all of these your prophets, and Yahweh has spoken disaster concerning you."
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
{And two of the kings} {will bend their hearts} to evil. And at the {same table} they will speak lies, but [what is discussed] will not succeed, for still an end [is coming] at the appointed time.
He who saves lives [is] a witness of truth, but he who utters lies [is] a betrayer.
Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.
But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?
transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning {away from following} our God; speaking oppression and falsehood, conceiving and uttering words of deception from [the] heart.
[He] feeds [on] ashes; a {deceived mind} misleads him. And he cannot save {himself}, and he cannot say, "Is [this] not an illusion in my right hand?"
{How long} [will] this be in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,
Rescue me and deliver me from [the] hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsely, and whose right hand [is] a false right hand,
Then he said, "I [am] also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Let him return with you to your house that he may eat food and drink water.'" He lied to him.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
The remnant of Israel shall not do wickedness; they shall not speak deception, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall frighten [them]."
An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.
who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,
For it [is] a people of rebellion, deceitful children, children [who are] not willing to hear the instruction of Yahweh,
