15 Bible Verses about Lying, Examples Of

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.

Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?"

But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not."

They said to him, "From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, 'Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, "We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us."'read more.
Here is our bread. It was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly. These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey."

Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound."

And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the LORD. I have performed the commandment of the LORD."

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."

And he said to him, "I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him.

And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me to say, 'There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'"

As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.

Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder-- no end to the prey!

And again he denied it with an oath: "I do not know the man."

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."