20 Bible Verses about Falsehood

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Proverbs 6:12-14

A man of Belial, a man of iniquity, goes with perverseness of mouth. Pinching the eyes, speaking with the feet, teaching with his fingers; Perverseness in his heart, fabricating evil in all time, he will send forth strifes.

Proverbs 2:12

To deliver thee from the evil way, from the man speaking deceit;

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.

Psalm 50:19

Thou sentest thy month into evil, and thy tongue will contrive deceit

Psalm 27:12

Thou wilt not give me to the soul of him pressing me, for witnesses of falsehood rose up against me, and violence will blow.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given to thee? and what shall be added to thee, thou tongue of deceit?

Psalm 119:104

From thy charges I shall understand: for this I hated every way of falsehood.

From Thematic Bible


Falsehood » Instances of » Peter, in denying jesus

Matthew 26:69-75

And Peter sat without in the court-yard, and one young girl came to him saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. And he denied before all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And he having gone out into the gate, another saw him, and she says to them there, This also was with Jesus the Nazarite. read more.
And again he denied with an oath, That I know not the man. And a little after, those standing, having come near, said to Peter, Truly thou also art of them; for also thy speech makes thee manifest. Then began he to anathematize, and to swear, That I know not the man: and quickly the cock uttered a sound. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, having said to him, That before the cock utter a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice. And having gone forth without, he wept bitterly.

Mark 14:68-71

And he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand what thou sayest. And he went forth without into the vestibule; and the cock uttered a sound. And the young girl seeing him again, began to say to, them standing by, That this is of them: and again he denied. And after a little, again they standing by said to Peter, Truly thou art of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech is like. read more.
And he began to anathematize and swear, That I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Luke 22:56-62

And a certain young girl having seen him sitting by the light, and looked intently upon him, said, And this was with him. And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little another having seen him, said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. read more.
And about the space of one hour a certain other assured himself, saying, Of a truth this also was with him: for he is a Galilean. And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, he yet speaking, the cock uttered a sound. And the Lord having turned, looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, That before the cock utters a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter having come forth without wept bitterly.

John 18:25-27

And Simon Peter was standing, and warming himself. Then said they to him, Art thou not also of his disciples he denied, and said, I am not. Says one of the chief priest's servants, being of his family whose ear Peter cut off, Saw I not thee in the garden with him? Then Peter again denied: and quickly the cock uttered a sound.

Falsehood » Instances of » Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to caesar

Acts 16:20-21

And having brought them to the generals, they said, These the men who cause disturbance to our city, being Jews, And they announce customs, which it is not lawful for us to receive, nor do, being Romans.

Acts 24:5

For having found this man a scourge, and moving sedition to all Jews in the habitable globe, and standing in the first rank of the sect of Nazarites:

Acts 17:5-7

And the unbelieving Jews, having been jealous, and having taken certain evil men of the vulgar, and excited to tumult, they disturbed the city by loud noise, and having stood against the house of Jason, they sought to bring them to the populace. And not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying, That those having subverted the habitable globe, these also are present here; Which Jason has received: and these all do opposite to Caesar's enactments, saying, There is another king, Jesus.

Acts 25:7-8

And he having come, the Jews having come down from Jerusalem stood round about, bringing many and heavy charges against Paul, which they could not prove. He justifying himself, That neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned any thing.

Falsehood » Instances of » Jewish leaders » And when jesus announced that he was the son of God

Matthew 26:65

Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying, That he blasphemed: what further need have we of witnesses? see, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Mark 14:64

Ye have heard the blasphemy; How does it appear to you? And they all condemned him to be liable to the penalty of death.

John 10:33-38

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said; Ye are gods? If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the writing cannot be loosed; read more.
Whom the Father consecrated., and sent into the world, say ye that thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. And if I do, though ye believe me not, believe the works: that ye might know, and believe, that the Father in me, and I in him.

Falsehood » Instances of » Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to nebuchadnezzer

Ezekiel 16:59

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: And doing with thee according as thou didst who despised the oath to break the covenant

2 Chronicles 36:13

And also he rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar who caused him to swear by God: and he will harden his neck and strengthen his heart from turning back to Jehovah the God of Israel.

Ezekiel 17:15-20

And he will rebel against him to send his messengers to Egypt, to give to him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he doing these, escape? and breaking the covenant, and escaping? I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if not in the place the king making him king which he despised his oath, and which he broke his covenant with him, in the midst of Babel he shall die. And not with great strength and with a great convocation, shall Pharaoh do for him in the war by throwing up a mound and by building a watchtower to cut off many souls? read more.
And he despised the oath to break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand, and doing all these he shall not escape. For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live, if not mine oath which he despised, and my covenant which he brake, and I gave it upon his head. And I spread my net upon him and he was taken in my net, and I brought him to Babel, and I contended with him there for his transgression which he transgressed against me.

Falsehood » Instances of » Jewish leaders » Falsely accusing » Blasphemy

Luke 5:21

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason with themselves, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can remit sins but God alone?

Matthew 9:2-6

And, behold, they brought him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, child thy sins are let go to thee. And behold, certain of the scribes said in themselves, This defames. And Jesus seeing their reflections, said, Why reflect ye within your hearts? read more.
For why is it easier to say, Sins are let go to thee; or say, Arise and walk? But that ye might know that the Son of man has power upon earth to let go sins, (then he says to the paralytic), Having risen, take up thy bed and retire to thy house.

Falsehood » Instances of » Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the israelites

Falsehood » Instances of » Satan » In his false pretensions to jesus

Matthew 4:8-9

Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; And he says to him, All these will I give to thee, if, falling down, thou wouldst worship me.

Luke 4:6-7

And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for to me has it been delivered; and to whom I will I give it. Therefore if thou worship before me, all shall be thine.

Falsehood » Instances of » Abraham, in denying that sarah was his wife

Genesis 12:11-19

And it shall be when he came near to go to Egypt, he will say to Sarai his wife, Behold, now I knew that thou wert a fair woman to see. And it shall be when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, and thee they will permit to live. Say, now, thou my sister, that it shall be well to me because of thee, and my soul shall live by means of thee. read more.
And it shall be when Abram goes to Egypt, and the Egyptians will see the woman that she was very fair. And Pharaoh's rulers will see her, and will praise her to Pharaoh, and the woman shall be taken into Pharaoh's house. And he will do good to Abram on account of her; and there shall be to him sheep and oxen and he-asses, and servants and maids, and she-asses and camels. And Jehovah will touch Pharaoh with great strokes, and his house on account of Sarai, Abram's wife. And Pharaoh will call to Abram, and will say, What this thou didst to me? why didst thou not declare to me that she is thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister and I shall take her to me for a wife? and now behold thy wife, take and go.

Genesis 20:2

And Abraham will say as to Sarah his wife, This my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, will send and take Sarah.

Falsehood » Instances of » Satan » In impugning job's motives for being righteous

Job 1:9-10

And the adversary will answer Yehovah and say, Did Job fear God gratuitously? Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth.

Job 2:4-5

And the adversary will answer Jehovah and say, Skin for skin, and all which is to a man he will give for his soul. But send forth now thy hand and touch upon his bone and upon his flesh, if he will not bless thee to thy face.

Falsehood » Instances of » Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers

Falsehood » Instances of » Rebekah and isaac, in the conspiracy against esau

Genesis 27:6-24

And Rebekah spake to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying, Bring to me a hunting, and make for me dainties, and eating, and I will praise thee before Jehovah, before my death. And now my son, hear to my voice, according to that I command thee. read more.
Go now to the flocks, and take to me from thence two kids of the she-goats good, and I will make them dainties for thy father, as that he loved. And thou shall bring to thy father, and eating, so that he will praise thee before his death. And Jacob will say to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother a man of hair, and I a smooth man: Perhaps my father will feel me, and I was in his eyes as mocking; and I brought a curse and not a praise. And his mother will say to him, Upon me thy curse my son; only hear to my voice, and go take to me. And he will go, and will take, and bring to his mother: and his mother will make dainties as that his father loved. And Rebekah will take desirable covering of Esau her son, the great, which was with her in the house, and will put upon Jacob her son, the small. And the nakedness of the skins of the shegoats, she put upon his hands and upon the smoothness of his neck. And she will give the dainties, and the bread which she made, into the hand of Jacob her son. And he will go to his father and will say, My father. And he will say, Behold me; who thou my son? And Jacob will say to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I did according to that thou spakest to me: arise, now, sit and eat from my hunting, so that thy soul shall praise me. And Isaak will say to his son, How this, thou wert quick to find my son? and the will say, Because Jehovah thy God caused to meet before me. And Isaak will say to Jacob, Come near, now, and I shall feel thee, my son, if thou this my son Esau or not And Jacob will come near to Isaak his father, and he will feel him, and he will say, The voice, the voice of Jacob; and the hands, the hands of Esau. And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of Esau, his brother of hair: and he will praise him. And he will say, Thou this my son Esau? and he will say, I.

Genesis 27:46

And Rebekah will say to Isaak, I was finished in my life from the face of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob took a wife from the daughters of Heth, as these from the daughters of the land, for what to me life?

Falsehood » Instances of » The wife of the bahurimite who saved the lives of hushai's messengers, sent to apprise david of the movements of absalom's army

2 Samuel 17:15-22

And Hushai will say to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, According to this, and according to this, Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the old men of Israel; and according to this and according to this, I counseled. And now send quickly and announce to David, saying, Thou wilt not lodge this night in Araboth of the desert, and also passing over, thou shalt pass over, lest he shall swallow up to the king and to all the people which are with him. And Jonathan and Ahimaaz standing by the fountain of Rogel; and a maid-servant went and announced to them, and they will go, and announce to king David, for they will not be able to be seen to come to the city. read more.
And a boy will see them and be will announce to Absalom; and they two will go quickly and will come to the house of a man in Bahurim, and to him a well In his enclosure; and they will go down there, And the woman will take and spread the covering upon the mouth of the well and she will spread the medicine upon it; and the word will not be known. And Absalom's servants will come to the woman to her house, and they will say, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? and the woman will say to them, They passed over the brook of waters. And they will seek and not find; and they will turn back to Jerusalem. And it will be after their going, and they will come up out of the well and will go and announce to king David, and they will say to David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the waters, for thus counseled Ahithophel against you. And David will rise, and all the people which are with him, and they will pass over Jordan: till the light of the morning till not one was lacking which passed not over Jordan.

Falsehood » Instances of » Michal, in the false statement that david was sick, in order to save him from saul's violence

1 Samuel 19:12-17

And Michal will let David down through the window: and he will go and flee, and escape. And Michal will take a teraphim and put into the bed, and put a braiding of goat's hair at its head, and will cover with a garment And Saul will send messengers to take David, and she will say, He sick. read more.
And Saul will send the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up in his bed to me to kill him. And the messengers will come in, and behold, the teraphim in the bed, and the braiding of goats hair at its head. And Saul will say to Michal, Wherefore didst thou deceive me thus? and wilt thou send away mine enemy and he will escape? And Michal will say to Saul, He said to me, Send me away; why shall I kill thee?

Falsehood » Instances of » Jehu lied to the worshipers of baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them

2 Kings 10:18-28

And Jehu will gather together all the people, and say to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. And now all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests, call ye to me: a man shall not be missing: for a great sacrifice to me for Baal; every one who shall be missing shall not live. And Jehu did in fraud, in order to destroy the servants of Baal. And Jehu will say, Consecrate an assembly to Baal, and they will call. read more.
And Jehu will send in all Israel: and all the servants of Baal will come, and there was not a man left who came not. And they will come to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal will be filled, mouth to mouth. And he will say to him over the vestry, Bring forth garments for all the servants of Baal. And he will bring forth to them garments. And Jehu will come, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and he Will say to the servants of Baal, Search and see, lest there is here with you of the servants of Jehovah, but the servants of Baal only. And they will go in to do sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu set to him without, eighty men; and he will say, The man who shall escape from these men which I bring upon your hands, his soul instead of his soul. And it will be when they finished doing the burnt-offering, and Jehu will say to the runners and to the third rulers, Go in; strike them; a man shall not go forth. And they will strike them with the mouth of the sword and the runners and the thirds will cast out, and they will go even to the city of the house of Baal. And they will bring forth the pillars of the house of Baal, and they will burn them. And they will lay waste the images of Baal, and they will lay waste the house of Baal, and they will set it for a sink even to this day. And Jehu will destroy Baal out of Israel.

Falsehood » Instances of » The falsehood of friendship to absalom that david put in the mouth of hushai

2 Samuel 15:34-37

And if to the city, thou shalt turn back and say to Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; thy father's servant from then, and now thy servant: and thou didst frustrate for me the counsel of Ahithophel. And is not with thee there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? and it being all the word which thou shalt hear from the king's house, thou shalt announce to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests Behold there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar; and send by their hand to me every word which ye shall hear. read more.
And Hushai, David's friend, will come to the city, and Absalom will come to Jerusalem.

Falsehood » Instances of » Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the chaldeans

Jeremiah 37:13-15

And he will be in the gate of Benjamin, and there a master of the ward and his name Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah; and he will take Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest to the Chaldeans. And Jeremiah will say, A falsehood; I fall not to the Chaldean: And he heard not to him: and Irijah will seize upon Jeremiah and he will bring him to the chiefs. And the chiefs will be angry against Jeremiah and they struck him, and gave him to the house of bonds the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they made it for a house of prison.

Falsehood » Instances of » In accusing ahimelech of conspiring with david against himself

1 Samuel 22:11-16

And the king will send to call Ahimelech, son of Ahitub the priest, and all his father's house, the priests which are in Nob: and all of them will come to the king. And Saul will say, Hear now, son of Ahitub. And he will say, Behold me, my lord. And Saul will say to him, Why were ye bound together against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in thy giving to him bread and a sword, and asking for him in God to rise up against me, to lie in wait as this day? read more.
And Ahimelech will answer the king and say, And who among all thy servants faithful as David, and son-in-law of the king, and he departed at hearing thee, and honored in thy house? This day did I begin to ask for him in God? far be it to me. The king shall not put upon his servant upon all the house of my father: for thy servant knew not a word upon all this, small or great And the king will say, Dying, thou shalt die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.

Falsehood » Instances of » The old prophet of beth-el who misguided the prophet of judah

1 Kings 13:11-22

And one prophet, an old man, dwelt in the house of God; and his sons will come and relate to him all the work which the man of God did that day in the house of God: the words which he spake to the king, and they will relate them to their father. And their father will speak to them, What way went he? and his sons will see the way that the man of God went who came from Judah. And he will say to his sons, Saddle for me the ass: and they will saddle for him the ass and he will ride upon it read more.
And he will go after the man of God, and he will find him sitting under an oak: and he will say to him, Thou the man of God who came from Judah? And he will say, I. And he will say to him, Go with me to the house and eat bread. And he will say, I shall not be able to turn back with thee and to go with thee: and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water with thee in this place: For it was spoken to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt not eat bread and thou shalt not drink water there, thou shalt not turn back to go in the way which thou wentest in it And he will say to him, I also a prophet as thou; and a messenger spake to me in the word of Jehovah, saying, Turn him back with thee to thy house; and he shall eat bread and drink water. Lying to him. And he will turn back with him and eat bread in his house, and drink water. And it will be, they sitting at the table, and the word of Jehovah will be to the prophet who turned him back: And he will call to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Because thou didst imbitter the mouth of Jehovah and didst not watch the command, which Jehovah thy God commanded thee, And thou wilt turn back and eat bread and drink water in the place which he spake to thee, Thou shalt not eat bread and thou shalt not drink water; thy corpse shall not come to the grave of thy fathers.

Falsehood » Instances of » David in feigning madness

1 Samuel 21:13-15

And he will change his understanding in their eyes, and he will be foolish in their hand, and he will mark upon the doors of the gate, and his spittle will come down upon his beard. And Achish will say to his servants, Behold, ye will see the man raving: wherefore will ye bring him to me? Do I want mad men that ye brought this to rave to me? shall this come into my house?

Falsehood » Instances of » Hushai » In false professions to absalom

2 Samuel 16:16-19

And it will be, as Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, and Hushai will say to Absalom, The king shall live, the king shall live. And Absalom will say to Hushai, This thy mercy with thy friend? wherefore wentest thou not with thy friend? And Hushai will say to Absalom, Nay; for whom Jehovah chose and this people, and every man of Israel, shall I not be and dwell with him? read more.
And the second time, to whom shall I serve if not before the son? as I served before thy father so will I be before thee.

Falsehood » Instances of » Saul, in professing to samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed

1 Samuel 15:1-26

And Samuel will say to Israel, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee for king over his people, over Israel: and now hear to the voice of the words of Jehovah. Thus said Jehovah of armies, I reviewed what Amalek did to Israel, how he set for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt Now go and strike Amalek, and exterminate all which is to him, and thou shalt not spare to him; and kill from man even to woman, from child even to suckling, from ox and even to sheep, from camel and even to ass. read more.
And Saul will cause the people to hear, and he will review them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul will come even to a city of Amalek, and he will lie in wait by the torrent And Saul will say to the Kenite, Go, remove, go down from the midst of the Amalekites, lest I shall add thee with him; for ye did mercy with all the sons of Israel in their coming up out of Egypt And the Kenite will remove from the midst of Amalek. And Saul will strike Amalek from Havilah thy coming to Shur, which is upon the face of Egypt And he will seize Agag, king of Amalek, living, and be exterminated all the people with the mouth of the sword. And Saul and the people will have pity upon Agag, and upon the good of the sheep, and the oxen and the double, and upon the lambs and upon all the good, and they were not willing to exterminate them: and every work despised and wasting away, they exterminated it And the word of Jehovah will be to Samuel, saying, I lamented that I made Saul for king, for he turned back from after me, and my words he set not up. And it will kindle to Samuel, and he will cry to Jehovah all the night And Samuel will rise early to meet Saul in the morning, and it will be announced to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he sets up to him a hand, and he will turn round and pass over and go down to Gilgal. And Samuel will come to Saul: and Saul will say to him, Blessed thou of Jehovah: I set up the word of Jehovah. And Samuel will say, And what the voice of sheep in mine ear, and the voice of the oxen which I hear? And Saul will say, From the Amalekites they brought them; which the people had pity upon the good of the sheep and of the oxen in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God; and the rest we exterminated. And Samuel will say to Saul, Desist, and I will announce to thee what Jehovah spake to me by night. And they will say to him, Speak. And Samuel will say, Wert thou not little in thine eyes, thou the head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah will anoint thee for king over Israel? And Jehovah will send thee in the way, and he will say, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners Amalek, and fight against him even till ye consumed them. And wherefore didst thou not hear to the voice of Jehovah, and wilt clothe thyself with the spoil, and thou wilt do the evil in the eyes of Jehovah. And Saul will say to Samuel, That I heard to the voice of Jehovah, and I will go in the way which Jehovah sent me, and I will bring Agag king of Amalek, and I utterly destroyed Amalek. And the people will take from the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief devoted to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God in Gilgal. And Samuel will say, Was it pleasing to Jehovah in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as to hear to the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to hear, above a good sacrifice, and to hearken, above the fat of rams. For the sin of divination, rebellion; and deceit, and the family gods of stubbornness. Because thou didst reject the word of Jehovah, and he will reject thee from being king. And Saul will say to Samuel, I sinned: for I passed by the mouth of Jehovah, and thy words: for I feared the people and I will hear to their voice. And now, take away now, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship to Jehovah. And Samuel will say to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou didst reject the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah will reject thee from being king over Israel

Falsehood » Instances of » Gehazi, when he ran after naaman, and misrepresented that elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes

2 Kings 5:20-24

And Gehazi the boy of Elisha, the man of God, will say, Behold, my lord spared Naaman this Aramite from taking from his hand what he brought: Jehovah lives, for if I ran after him land book from him something. And Gehazi will pursue after Naaman, and Naaman will see he ran after him, and will descend from his chariot to meet him, and he will say, Is it peace? And he will say, Peace. My lord sent me, saying, Behold, now there came here to me two boys from mount Ephraim from the sons of the prophets: wilt thou give to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments? read more.
And Naaman will say, Be content, take two talents And he will press upon him, and he Will bind two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and he will give to his two boys, and they will lift up before him. And he will come to the hill and; take from their hand and deposit in the house: and he will send away the men, said they will go.

Falsehood » Instances of » Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that joseph was killed by wild beasts

Genesis 37:29-35

And Reuben turned back to the pit; and behold, Joseph not in the pit: and he rent his garments. And he will turn back to his brethren, and he will say, The child is not: and I, where shall I go? And they will take Joseph's tunic, and will slaughter a he-goat of the goats, and will dip the tunic in the blood. read more.
And they will send the tunic, reaching down to the soles of the feet., and will bring to their father, and they will say, We found this: recognise now, is this thy son's tunic or not? And he will recognise it, and will say, My son's tunic an evil beast devoured him: tearing in pieces, he tare Joseph in pieces. And Jacob will rend his garments, and will put sackcloth upon his loins, and will mourn for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters, will rise up to comfort him; and he will refuse to be comforted; and will say, For I will go down to my son mourning to hadas; and his father will weep for him.

Falsehood » Instances of » The roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of jesus

Matthew 28:13

Saying, Say ye, That his disciples having come by night, stole him, we being asleep.

Matthew 28:15

And they having received the silver coins, did as they were taught; and this word was spread a report by the Jews till this day.

Falsehood » Instances of » The amalekite who claimed to have killed saul

2 Samuel 1:10-12

And I shall stand upon him and kill him, for I knew that he will not live after his falling: and I shall take the diadem which upon his head, and the armband which upon his arm, and I shall bring them hither to my lord. And David will take hold upon his garments and will rend them; and also all the men which are with him. And they will mourn and weep, and fast, even till the evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah and for the house of Israel, because they fell by the sword.

Falsehood » Instances of » Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing joseph

Genesis 39:14-17

And she will call the men of her house and will say to them, saying, See ye, he brought to us a Hebrew man to mock us: he came to me to lie with me, and I shall cry with a great voice. And it will be as he heard me that I lifted up my voice and I will cry, and he will let go his garment by me, will flee and come forth without And she will leave his garment by her till his lord came to his house. read more.
And she will speak to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant which thou broughtest to us, came in to me to mock me.

Falsehood » Instances of » David's other deceits with the philistines

1 Samuel 27:8-12

And David will go up, and his men, and will plunder against the Geshurites and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: and behold, the inhabitants of the land which were of old thy going to Shur, and even to the land of Egypt. And David struck the land, and will not save alive a man and woman; and he took the sheep and oxen, and asses and camels, and garments, and he will turn back and come to Achish. And Achish will say, Did ye not plunder this day? and David will say, Upon the south of Judah, and upon the south of the Jerahmeelite, and to the south of the Kenite. read more.
And David will not preserve alive a man and woman to bring to Gath, saying, Lest they shall announce against us, saying, Thus did David, and thus his judgment all the days which he dwelt in the field of the rovers. And Achish will believe in David, saying, Becoming loathsome, he became loathsome with his people, with Israel; and he shall be to me for servant forever.

Falsehood » Instances of » The conspirators against naboth

1 Kings 21:7-13

And Jezebel his wife will say to him, Thou now wilt do the kingdom over Israel: arise, eat bread, and do thy heart good: I will give to thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. And she will write letters in the name of Ahab, and seal with his seal; and she will send the letters to the old men, and to the nobles who were in his city dwelling with Naboth. And she will write in the letters, Saying, Call a fast; set Naboth in the head of the people: read more.
And set two men, sons of Belial, over against him, and they shall bear witness, saying, Thou didst praise God and the king. And they shall bring him forth and stone him, and he shall die. And the men of his city, the old men and the nobles, who were dwelling in his city, will do as Jezebel sent to them, according to what was written in the letters which she sent to them. They called a fast; they will set Naboth upon the head of the people. And two men will come, sons of Belial, and they will set before him: and the men of Belial will testify against Naboth before the people, saying, Naboth praised Jehovah and the king. And they will bring him without the city, and stone him with stones, and he will die.

Falsehood » Instances of » The murder, under false pretense » Of shimei

1 Kings 2:42-43

And the king will send and call for Shimei, and say to him, Did not I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, and attest to thee, saying, In the day of thy going forth, and thou wentest whither and whither, knowing, thou shalt know that dying, thou shalt die? and thou wilt say to me, Good the word I heard. And wherefore didst thou not watch the oath of Jehovah, and the command which I commanded upon thee?

Falsehood » Instances of » Jewish leaders » Untruthful » Testimoney

Matthew 21:24-27

And Jesus, having answered, said to them, I will also ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these. The baptism of John, whence was it of heaven or of men And they reasoned by themselves, saying, If we say, Of heaven; he will say to us, Why, then, believed ye him not? But if we say, Of men; we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet. read more.
And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. And he said to them, Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.

Falsehood » Instances of » Hushai » In his deceitful counsel to absalom

2 Samuel 17:7-14

And Hushai will say to Absalom, The counsel which Ahithophel counseled is not good in this time. And Hushai will say, Thou knewest thy father and his men that they are mighty, and they bitter of soul as a bear bereaved of offspring in the field: and thy father a man of war, and he will not lodge with the people. Behold now, he hid in one of the pits, or in one of the places: and it being when there fell among them in the beginning, and he hearing heard and said, was a slaughter among the people which are after Absalom. read more.
And he also the son of strength whose heart according to the heart of the lion, melting, will melt away: for all Israel knew that thy father is mighty, and the sons of strength which are with him. For I counseled being gathered, all Israel shall be gathered to thee from Dan and even to the Well of the Oath, as the sand which is upon the sea for multitude; and thy face going in the midst of them. And we came upon him in one of the places which we shall find there, and we upon him as the dew will fall upon the earth: and we will not leave of him and of all the men which are with him, even one. And if he shall be gathered into the city, and all Israel shall lift up ropes to that city, and we dragged it even to the torrent, till we shall not find there even a stone. And Absalom will say, and every man of Israel, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is good above the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah commanded to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel so that Jehovah brought evil upon Absalom.

Falsehood » Instances of » Hazael, servant of the king of syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery

2 Kings 8:7-15

And Elisha will come to Damascus: and the son of Hadad king of Aram was sick: and it will be announced to him, saying, The man of God came even here. And the king will say to Hamel, Take in:thy hand a gift, and go to the meeting of the man of God, and seek Jehovah from him, saying, Shall I live from this sickness? And Hazael will go to meet him, and he will take a gift in his hand, and every good of Damascus, the lifting up of forty camels, and he will go and stand before him, and say, Thy son the son of Hadad king of Aram sent me to thee, saying, Shall I live from this sickness? read more.
And Elisha will say, Go, say, Living, shalt thou not live? and Jehovah caused me to eee that dying, he shall die. And he will set his face, and he will set even till he was ashamed: and the man of God will weep. And Hamel will say, Wherefore weeps my lord? and he will say, Because I knew that thou wilt do to the sons of Israel evil: their fortifications thou wilt send forth into fire, and their chosen thou wilt kill with the sword, and thou wilt dash in pieces their children, and the pregnant thou wilt cleave asunder. And Hamel will say, For what! thy servant, the dog, that he will do this great word? and Elisha will say, Jehovah caused me to see thee king over Aram. And he will go from Elisha and come to his lord; and he will say to him, What said Elisha to thee? and he will say, He said to me, Living, thou shalt live. And it will be on the morrow, and he will take a coarse cloth and dip in water and spread over his face, and he will die: and Hassel will reign in his stead.

Falsehood » Instances of » Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to eglon, king of moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him

Judges 3:16-23

And Ehud will make to him a sword, and to it two mouths; a cubit its length: and he will gird it from under his garments upon his right thigh. And he will bring the gift to Eglon, king of Moab: and Eglon a very fat man. And it will be as he finished to bring the gift, and he will send away the people lifting up the gift. read more.
And he turned back from the carved images which were at Gilgal, and he will say, A hidden word to me for thee, O king: and he will say, Silence! And all standing by him will go forth from him. And Ehud came to him; and he sat in an upper chamber of cooling, which was to him alone: and Ehud will say, A word of God to me for thee. And he will rise from off the throne. And Ehud will stretch forth his left hand, and will take the sword from off his right thigh, and he will drive it into his belly: And the handle will also go in after the flame, and the fat will shut upon the flame, for he drew not the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out. And Ehud will come forth to the portico, and he will shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and fasten.

Falsehood » Instances of » Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf

Exodus 32:1-24

And the people will see that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, and the people will assemble to Aaron, and will say to him, Arise, make to us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egyt, we shall not know what was to him. And Aaron will say to them, Break off the gold ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons and your daughters, and bring to me. And all the people will break off the gold ear-rings which are in their ears, and they will bring to Aaron. read more.
And he will take from their hand, and will form it with a graver, and he will make it a molten calf: and they will say, These thy gods, Israel, who brought thee up from the land of Egypt And Aaron will see, and he will build an altar before it; and Aaron will call and say, A festival to Jehovah tomorrow. And they will rise early early on the morrow, and they will raise up a burnt-offering, and they will bring near peace; and the people will sit down to eat and drink, and they will rise up to play. And Jehovah will speak to Moses, Go, descend: for thy people were corrupted whom thou didst bring up out of the land of Egypt For they turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them: they made for them a molten calf, and worship to it, and will sacrifice to it, and will say, These thy gods, Israel, which raised thee up out of the land of Egypt And Jehovah will say to Moses, I saw this people, and behold, it a people of a hard neck And thou be at rest to me, and my wrath shall kindle against them, and I will consume them: and I will make thee into a great nation. And Moses will supplicate the face of Jehovah, his God, and will say, For what will thy wrath kindle against thy people which thou didst bring forth out of the land of Egypt by thy great power and with a strong hand? Lest the Egyptians shall speak, saying, With evil he brought them forth to kill them in the mountains, and to finish them from the face of the earth. Turn back from the heat of thy wrath, and repent concerning evil towards thy people Remember Abraham, Isaak, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou didst swear to them by thyself, and thou wilt speak to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land which I said, I will give to your seed and they inherited forever. And Jehovah repented concerning the evil which he spake to do to his people. And Moses will turn and will go down from the mount, and the two tables of testimony in his hand: the tables were written from the two opposite sides; from hence and from thence they were written. And the tables they the work of God, and the writing the writing of God, it being cut in the tables. And Joshua will hear the voice of the people in making a loud noise, and he will say to Moses, A voice of war in the camp. And he will say, Not the voice of the shouting of victory, and not the voice of the shouting of defeat: the voice of shouting I heard. And it will be when he drew near to the camp, and he will see the calf and the lute: and the wrath of Moses will kindle, and he will cast the tables out of his hand, and he will break them under the mount And he will take the calf which they made, and will burn it in fire, and which he will crush even to small dust, and will scatter upon the face of the water, and will give the sons of Israel to drink. And Moses will say to Aaron, What did this people to thee that thou didst bring upon it a great sin? And Aaron will say, The wrath of my lord shall not kindle: thou knowest the people that it is in sin. And they will say to me; Make to us gods which shall go before us: for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we knew not what was to him. And I said to them, To whom is gold, he shall break it off. And they will give it to me, and I shall cast it into the fire and this calf will come out

Falsehood » Instances of » Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming moses and God

Acts 6:11-14

Then they put under men, saying, That we have heard him speaking defaming words against Moses, and God. And they roused together the people, and elders, and scribes, and having stood against, they seized him, and brought to the council, And set false witnesses, saying, This man ceases not speaking defaming words against this holy place, and the law: read more.
For we have heard him saying; That Jesus the Nazarite shall abolish this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us.

Falsehood » Instances of » Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman

1 Kings 14:5-7

And Jehovah said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam coming to seek word from thee for her son, for he was sick: according this and according to this shalt thou speak to her: and it will be as she comes, and she dissembles. And it will be when Ahijah heard the voice of her feet coming into the door, and he will say, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; wherefore this thou dissemblest? and I send to thee hard things. Go say to Jeroboam, Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, Because I raised thee up from the midst of the people, and I will give thee chief over my people Israel,

Falsehood » Instances of » Adam and eve, in attempting to evade responsibility

Genesis 3:12-13

And the man will say, The woman which thou gavest with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I shall eat And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.

Falsehood » Instances of » Isaac, denying that rebekah was his wife

Genesis 26:7-10

And the men of the place will ask concerning his wife; and he will say, She is my sister: for he will be afraid to say, My wife, lest the men of the place will kill me for Rebekah, because she is good in appearance. And it was when the days there were long to him, and Abimelech king of the Philistines shall bend forward through the window, and will see, and behold, Isaak playing with Rebekah his wife. And Abimelech will call to Isaak, and will say, Surely, behold, she thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaak will say to him, Because I said, Lest I shall die for her. read more.
And Abimelech will say, What this thou didst to us? nearly one of the people lay with thy wife, and thou broughtest blame upon us.

Falsehood » Instances of » Sarah » Denying » To king of gerar

Genesis 20:5

Did he not say to me, This my sister? and she also, she said he is my brother: in the uprightness of my heart, and in cleanness of my hands have I done this.

Genesis 20:16

And to Sarah he said, Behold, I gave a thousand of silver to thy brother; behold, he is to thee for a garment of the eyes to all who are with thee, and with all: and she was set right

Falsehood » Instances of » Ananias and sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum

Acts 5:1-10

And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And separated from the price, his wife also knowing; and having brought a certain part, laid at the feet of the sent. And Peter said, Ananias, wherefore filled Satan thy heart, for thee to belie the Holy Spirit, and separate from the price of the farm read more.
Remaining, did it not remain to thee? and sold, it was in thy power: for what hast thou put this thing in thy heart? thou hast not lied to men, but to God. And Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, he expired: and great fear was upon all them hearing these things. And the younger having risen up, drew him together, and having carried out, interred. And there was an interval of about three hours, and his wife not knowing that done, came in. And Peter answered to her, Tell me, if for so much ye sold the farm? And she said, Yes, for so much. And Peter said to her, For what was it agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them having interred thy husband at the door, and they shall carry thee out. And she fell immediately at his feet, and expired: and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried out, interred near her husband.

Falsehood » Instances of » Princes of israel, when they went to jeremiah for a vision from the lord

Jeremiah 42:20

For ye erred in your souls when ye sent me to Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us to Jehovah our God; and according to all Jehovah will say, so announce to us, and we will do.

Falsehood » Instances of » Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house

Joshua 2:4-6

And the woman will take the two men and hide them, and will say thus, Two men came to me, and I knew not from whence they were. And it will be for the shutting the gate in darkness, and the men went forth, and I knew not whither the men went; pursue quickly after them, for ye shall overtake them. And she brought them up to the roof, and she will hide them in woody flax arranged by her upon the roof.

Falsehood » Instances of » The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not

Matthew 21:30

And having come to the second, he said likewise. And he, having answered, said, I, Lord: and he departed not.

Falsehood » Instances of » The cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies

Falsehood » Instances of » The murder, under false pretense » Of jeroboam's wife

1 Kings 14:2

And Jeroboam will say to his wife, Arise, now, and change thyself, and they will not know that thou art the wife of Jeroboam; and go to Shiloh: behold there Ahijah the prophet; he spake concerning me for king over this people.

Falsehood » Instances of » The murder, under false pretense » Of adonijah

1 Kings 2:23

And king Solomon will swear by Jehovah, saying, Thus will God do to me, and thus will he add, for Adonijah spoke this word against his soul.

Falsehood » Instances of » Jewish leaders » false Accusations » Drunkard

Falsehood » Instances of » Sarah » To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief

Genesis 18:15

And Sarah will deny, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he will say, Nay, for thou didst laugh.

Falsehood » Instances of » Satan » In deceiving eve

Genesis 3:4-5

And the serpent will say to the woman, Dying ye shall not die. For God is knowing in the day of your eating from it, and your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

Falsehood » Instances of » Sisera, who instructed jael to mislead his pursuers

Judges 4:20

And he will say to her, stand at the door of the tent, and it was when a man shall come, and ask thee and say, Is a man here? and say thou, No

Falsehood » Instances of » David lied to ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor

Falsehood » Instances of » Herod the great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship jesus

Matthew 2:8

And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, Having gone, examine thoroughly concerning the child; and when ye should find, announce ye to me, so that I also, having gone, will worship him.

Falsehood » Instances of » Haman, in his conspiracy against the jews

Esther 3:8

And Haman will say to king Ahasuerus, There is one people scattered and dispersed between the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws different from all people; they not doing the laws of the king: and it not being suitable to the king to suffer them.

Falsehood » Instances of » Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother

Falsehood » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the shechemites by first having them circumcised

Falsehood » Instances of » Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at jerusalem

Falsehood » Instances of » Gibeonites » Deception

Falsehood » Instances of » Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of jerusalem

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