33 Bible Verses about Lying
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Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,
These six things the Lord hates;
Indeed, seven are repulsive to Him:
A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that creates wicked plans,
Feet that run swiftly to evil,
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A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.
But your wickedness has separated you from your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
For your hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing];
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
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.
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.’
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?
Elisha said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord. O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.”
Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not give me false hope’?”
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.
Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ].
“Now please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face [for you know that I would not].
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?”
Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.
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.
A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes lies will perish.
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
But [as you might say] if through my lie God’s truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
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Adversary » Power of » Lying
Character » Of the wicked » Lying
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]
They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
Character of the wicked » Lying
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
No one sues righteously [but for the sake of doing injury to others—to take some undue advantage], and no one pleads [his case] in truth; [but rather]
They trust in empty arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble and bring forth injustice.
Covetousness » Leads to » Lying
And he said, All is well. My master has sent me to say, There have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. I pray you, give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments. And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of garments and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before Gehazi. When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands and put them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they left. read more.
He went in and stood before his master. Elisha said, Where have you been, Gehazi? He said, Your servant went nowhere.
Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying
Kings » Specially warned against » Lying
Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.
Lying » A characteristic of the apostacy
[misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning],
The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],
Lying » Excludes from heaven
and nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Outside are the dogs [the godless, the impure, those of low moral character] and the sorcerers [with their intoxicating drugs, and magic arts], and the immoral persons [the perverted, the molesters, and the adulterers], and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying (deception, cheating).
Lying » Forbidden
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,
Lying » False witnesses addicted to
Lying » False prophets addicted to
“Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become like Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’—when the Lord has not spoken.
Lying » Saints » Hate
Lying » Saints » Pray to be preserved from
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.
Lying » Saints » Avoid
“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.”
For He said, “Be assured, they are My people,
Sons who will not be faithless.”
So He became their Savior [in all their distresses].
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
“They bend their tongue like their bow;
[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know and understand and acknowledge 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.
Lying » Lying spirit from God
Then there came forth a spirit [of whom I am about to tell] and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. The Lord said to him, By what means? And he said, I will go forth and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. [The Lord] said, You shall entice him and succeed also. Go forth and do it. So the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.
Then there came a spirit and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. The Lord said to him, By what means? And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall entice him and also succeed. Go forth and do so. Now, you see, the Lord put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you.
Lying » Punishment for
You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
What shall be given to you? Or what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? -- " Sharp arrows of a [mighty] warrior, with [glowing] coals of the broom tree!
Lying » The devil excites men to
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?
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.’
Lying » Antinomians guilty of
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;
Whoever says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings), is a liar, and the truth [of the divine word] is not in him.
Lying » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Then they took Joseph's [distinctive] long garment, killed a young goat, and dipped the garment in the blood; And they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine and decide whether it is your son's tunic or not.
Lying » Hateful to God
These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, read more.
A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.
Lying » They who are guilty of, shall be cast into hell
But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Lying » Exemplified » Michal
Lying » Exemplified » saul
So Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the Lord. I have carried out the command of the Lord.”
Lying » Leads to » Hatred
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Lying » The evil of rulers hearkening to
If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.
Lying » Folly of concealing hatred by
Lying » Poverty preferable to
That which is desirable in a man is his loyalty and unfailing love,
But it is better to be a poor man than a [wealthy] liar.
Lying » Shall be detected
Truthful lips will be established forever,
But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.
Lying » An abomination to God
Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Lying » Exemplified » Prophet of bethel
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.
Lying » Exemplified » Gibeonites
They said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard the fame 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 king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. So our elders and all the residents of our country said to us, Take provisions for the journey and go to meet [the Israelites] and say to them, We are your servants; and now make a covenant with us. read more.
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we set out to go to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become moldy. These wineskins (bottles) which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and our garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey.
Lying » Exemplified » David
David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has told me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter for which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you. I have directed the young men to a certain place.’
Lying » Exemplified » Sarah
Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh”; because she was afraid. And He (the Lord) said, “No, but you did laugh.”
Lying » Exemplified » jacob
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now please, sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Lying » Exemplified » Peter
Lying » The wicked » Give heed to
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
Lying » Leads to » Love of impure conversation
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
Lying » Vanity of getting riches by
Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.
Lying » A hindrance to prayer
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.
Lying » Unbecoming in rulers
Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],
Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.
Lying » Exemplified » Gehazi
And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘Just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a
Lying » Exemplified » Samson
Then Delilah said to Samson, “See now, you have mocked me and told me lies; now please tell me [truthfully] how you may be bound.”
Lying » Exemplified » Cain
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he [lied and] said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Lying » Saints » Reject those who practice
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.
Lying » Often accompanied by gross crimes
Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy (a pleading contention) with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, love, pity and mercy, or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land. There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another.
Lying » Hypocrites, a seed of
“Of whom do you make fun?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of rebellion (sin),
Offspring of deceit,
Lying » Hypocrites addicted to
Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the faithful Holy One.
Lying » Exemplified
Lying » Exemplified » Cretans
One of them [Epimenides, a Cretan], a
Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
Lying » The wicked » Bring forth
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
Lying » The wicked » Delight in
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Lying » The wicked » Love
Lying » Saints » Respect not those who practice
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.
Lying » The wicked » Seek after
O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?
How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.
Lying » The devil, the father of
Lying » Exemplified » Job's friends
“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Lying
Satan's » Work » Lying
Serpent » Power of » Lying
Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Lying
And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘Just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a
Then he went in and stood before his master. Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
Tempter » Power of » Lying
satan's Work » Lying
Topics on Lying
God Hates Lying
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
God Hating Lying
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Lying Down To Rest
Psalm 4:8
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
Lying Wonders
2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],
Not Lying
Revelation 14:5No lie was found in their mouth, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, beyond reproach).