Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible







A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception. Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingLyingLying And Deceittraitors

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.


Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me. Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching. You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world. Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. read more.
The one who says "I have come to know God" and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.


Look, the Lord's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you. But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. read more.
No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down; no one will terrify them." Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeception, Christians Must Not PracticeSaints Response To LyingLying Down To RestAvoiding DeceitNot LyingSurvivors Of IsraelFreed From FearLying And Deceit


Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness. Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsArrows, Figurative OfWitnesses, FalseSharpnessClubsArrows To Describe False Testimony



A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment. Verse ConceptsInjustice, Hated By GodWitnesses, FalseLyingFake Friends

A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever. Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsInjustice, Hated By GodWitnesses, Falsecredibility