43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit

O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. They speak against me with lying tongues.

You prefer evil to good. You prefer lying to speaking the truth.

Whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me.

Remove the false way from me, and graciously grant me your law.

Do not steal. Do not deal falsely. Do not lie to one another.

The lip of truth will be established forever. A lying tongue is only for a moment.

Let their lying lips be speechless, since they speak against righteous people with arrogance and contempt.

People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)

A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies.

The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home. The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence.

Ephraim surrounds me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. Yet Judah is unruly against God, even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you got rid of the old self with its evil practices.

They flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues.

How will you deceive him? Jehovah asked. The spirit replied: I will make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies. Jehovah said: Go and deceive him. You will succeed.

Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.

The spirit replied: I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies. Jehovah said: Go and deceive him. You will succeed.

A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it and a flattering mouth works ruin.

You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!

So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false.

You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.

Micaiah concluded: This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. He has decreed that you will meet with disaster!

The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

And as for both these kings, their hearts will be inclined to do bad things. They will speak lies at one table and nothing will succeed. The end will come at the time appointed.

A truthful witness saves lives. A deceitful witness speaks lies.

You destroy those who speak falsehood. Jehovah abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

You are trusting in deceptive words that are of no value to you.

Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion).

Peter said: Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the money from the land sale?

We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.

They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They cannot rescue themselves or ask themselves: Is what I hold in my right hand a false god?

Do not witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with you lips.

How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets, who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart?

Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens. Their mouths speak deceit. Their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

If we say we have not sinned we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Then he said: I am a prophet like you. An angel said to me by the word of Jehovah, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he lied to him.

If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not live (practice) the truth.

The faithful few (remnant) in Israel will not do wrong, tell lies, or use their tongues to deceive others. They will feed their sheep and lie down, and there will be no one making trouble for them.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah. Those who deal truly are his delight.

He committed no sin and deception was not found in him.

These people are rebellious and deceitful children. They refuse to listen to Jehovah's Law.