43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

'Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

Compassed Me with feigning hath Ephraim, And with deceit the house of Israel. And Judah again is ruling with God, And with the Holy Ones is faithful!

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

and he saith, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He saith, Thou dost entice, and also thou art able; go out and do so.

Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

and he saith, I go out, and have become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And He saith, Thou dost entice, and also, thou art able; go out and do so.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

And now, lo, Jehovah hath put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah hath spoken concerning thee -- evil.'

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

And both of the kings' hearts are to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it doth not prosper, for yet the end is at a time appointed.

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

And Peter said, 'Ananias, wherefore did the Adversary fill thy heart, for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?

Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.

Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

if we may say -- 'we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

And he saith to him, 'I also am a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' -- he hath lied to him.

if we may say -- 'we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.

who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

That a rebellious people is this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah.