33 Bible Verses about Lying
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Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,read more.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath uttered perverseness.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
And the LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets? And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
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?
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.
Then she said, Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie to his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
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Adversary » Power of » Lying
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellence: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Character of the wicked » Lying
The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellence: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Covetousness » Leads to » Lying
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there have 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 garments. And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bore them before him. And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. read more.
But he went in, and stood before his master: and Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou Gehazi? and he said, Thy servant went no whither.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying
Kings » Specially warned against » Lying
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Lying » A characteristic of the apostacy
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,
Lying » Excludes from heaven
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and lewd men, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Lying » Forbidden
Lying » False witnesses addicted to
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Lying » False prophets addicted to
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
Lying » Saints » Hate
Lying » Saints » Pray to be preserved from
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Lying » Saints » Avoid
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.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior.
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Lying » Lying spirit from God
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets? And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out and do even so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
Lying » Punishment for
Thou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
What shall be given to thee? or what shall be done to thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
Lying » The devil excites men to
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?
And the LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets? And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
Lying » Antinomians guilty of
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Lying » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood: And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.
Lying » Hateful to God
These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, read more.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
Lying » They who are guilty of, shall be cast into hell
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and lewd men, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Lying » Exemplified » Michal
Lying » Exemplified » saul
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
Lying » Leads to » Hatred
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Lying » The evil of rulers hearkening to
Lying » Folly of concealing hatred by
Lying » Poverty preferable to
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Lying » Shall be detected
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Lying » An abomination to God
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Lying » Exemplified » Prophet of bethel
He said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.
Lying » Exemplified » Gibeonites
And they said to him, From a very far country thy servants have come because of the name of the LORD 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 king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us: read more.
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy: And these bottles of wine which we filled, were new, and behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Lying » Exemplified » David
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said to me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
Lying » Exemplified » Sarah
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Lying » Exemplified » jacob
And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Lying » Exemplified » Peter
Lying » The wicked » Give heed to
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Lying » Leads to » Love of impure conversation
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Lying » Vanity of getting riches by
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
Lying » A hindrance to prayer
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath uttered perverseness.
Lying » Unbecoming in rulers
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Lying » Exemplified » Gehazi
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there have 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 garments.
Lying » Exemplified » Samson
And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mayest be bound.
Lying » Exemplified » Cain
And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Lying » Saints » Reject those who practice
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Lying » Often accompanied by gross crimes
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Lying » Hypocrites, a seed of
Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and thrust out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Lying » Hypocrites addicted to
Ephraim encompasseth me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Lying » Exemplified
Lying » Exemplified » Cretans
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy
The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Lying » The wicked » Bring forth
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Lying » The wicked » Delight in
They only consult to cast him down from his excellence: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Lying » The wicked » Love
Lying » Saints » Respect not those who practice
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Lying » The wicked » Seek after
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Lying » The devil, the father of
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
Lying » Exemplified » Job's friends
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Lying
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
Satan's » Work » Lying
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
Serpent » Power of » Lying
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Lying
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there have 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 garments.
But he went in, and stood before his master: and Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou Gehazi? and he said, Thy servant went no whither.
Tempter » Power of » Lying
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
satan's Work » Lying
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 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 of it.
Topics on Lying
God Hates Lying
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
God Hating Lying
Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Lying Down To Rest
Psalm 4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.
Lying Wonders
2 Thessalonians 2:9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders,
Not Lying
Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.