Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

General references

Bible References

Lovest

Jeremiah 4:22
For My people are foolish,
They know Me not;
They are stupid children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd to do evil,
But to do good they do not know.”
Micah 3:2
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,
Romans 1:25
For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
2 Timothy 3:4
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

Lying

Psalm 62:4
They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Jeremiah 9:3
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

General references

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.