43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 120:2


Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 109:2


For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Psalm 52:3


You love evil more than good,
And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

Psalm 144:8


Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Psalm 119:29


Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness,
And graciously grant me Your law.

Proverbs 12:19


Truthful lips will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.

Psalm 31:18


Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.

Psalm 12:2


They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 101:7


He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;
He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

Hosea 11:12


Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the faithful Holy One.

Psalm 78:36


Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths
And lied to Him with their tongues.

1 Kings 22:22

The Lord said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then the Lord said, ‘You are to entice him and also succeed. Go and do so.’

Psalm 55:11


Destruction is within her;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.

2 Chronicles 18:21

He said, ‘I will go out and be a deceptive spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then the Lord said, ‘You are to entice him and also succeed. Go and do so.’

Proverbs 26:28


A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie,

Jeremiah 9:6


“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit];
Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:5


“Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor
And does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.

1 Kings 22:23

Now then, behold, the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these prophets; and the Lord has proclaimed disaster against you.”

Micah 6:12


“For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind];
Her inhabitants speak lies
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Daniel 11:27

And as for both of these kings, their hearts will be set on doing evil; they will speak lies over the same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to come at the appointed time.

Proverbs 14:25


A truthful witness saves lives,
But he who speaks lies is treacherous.

Jeremiah 7:8

“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive and useless words that bring no benefit.

Isaiah 59:13


Rebelling against and denying the Lord,
Turning away from [following] our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.

Isaiah 44:20

That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”

Proverbs 24:28


Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].

Jeremiah 23:26

How long [shall this state of affairs continue]? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart,

Psalm 144:11


Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us.

1 Kings 13:18

He answered him, “I too am a prophet, as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.

Zephaniah 3:13


“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong
Nor speak lies,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will eat and lie down
With no one to make them tremble and feel afraid.”

Isaiah 30:9


For this is a rebellious people, lying sons,
Sons who refuse to listen to
The law and instruction of the Lord;

Bible Theasaurus

Never miss a post