43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit
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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.
You love evil more than good,
And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Keep deception and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,
Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness,
And graciously grant me Your law.
Truthful lips will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.
Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
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.
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the faithful Holy One.
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,
Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths
And lied to Him with their tongues.
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.’
Destruction is within her;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.
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.’
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.
Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie,
“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.
“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.
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.”
“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.
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.
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
Rebelling against and denying the Lord,
Turning away from [following] our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.
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?”
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].
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,
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.
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.
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.
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth;
“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.”
Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
He committed no sin, nor was deceit ever found in His mouth.
For this is a rebellious people, lying sons,
Sons who refuse to listen to
The law and instruction of the Lord;