33 Bible Verses about Lying

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Proverbs 6:16-19

These six Jehovah hated, and seven an abomination of his soul: Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood, A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil,read more.
A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.

Isaiah 59:2-3

But your iniquities were separating between you and between your God, and your sins caused to hide;the face from you from hearing. For your hands were polluted with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips spake falsehood, your tongue will mutter evil.

1 Kings 22:22

And he will say, I will go forth and be to him a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he will say, Thou shalt deceive, and thou shalt be able: go forth and do thus.

2 Kings 4:16

And he will say, At this appointment about the time thou living to embrace a son. And she will say, My lord, thou man of God, do not deceive With thy servant

2 Kings 4:28

And she will say, Did I ask a son from my lord? said I not, Thou shalt not deceive me?

James 3:14

And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.

Proverbs 14:25

A witness of truth delivers souls: and deceit will breathe out lies.

Proverbs 17:7

The lip of excellence is not becoming to, the foolish one: much less the lip. of falsehood to the noble one.

Psalm 120:2

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, from a tongue of deceit.

Job 6:28

And now be content, look upon me; and before your face if I shall lie;

Job 31:5

If I went with vanity, and my foot will haste upon deceit;

Isaiah 44:20

He fed upon ashes: a deceived heart turned him away, and he shall not deliver his soul, and he shall not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Psalm 119:29

The way of falsehood remove thou from me, and with thy laws compassionate me.

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth shall be prepared forever: and the tongue of falsehood while I shall wink.

Proverbs 19:5

A witness of falsehoods shall not be unpunished, and he breathing out lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A witness of falsehoods shall not be unpunished, and he breathing out lies shall perish.

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.

Romans 3:7

For if the truth of God in my lying abounded to his glory; why yet am I judged as sinful?

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Adversary » Power of » Lying

Character » Of the wicked » Lying

Psalm 62:4

Surely they counseled to thrust down his lifting up: they will delight in falsehood: with their mouth they will praise, and in their inward parts they will curse. Silence.

Isaiah 59:4

None called upon justice, and none judged in truth: trusting in vanity and speaking evil, they conceived labor and brought forth vanity.

Character of the wicked » Lying

Psalm 62:4

Surely they counseled to thrust down his lifting up: they will delight in falsehood: with their mouth they will praise, and in their inward parts they will curse. Silence.

Isaiah 59:4

None called upon justice, and none judged in truth: trusting in vanity and speaking evil, they conceived labor and brought forth vanity.

Covetousness » Leads to » Lying

2 Kings 5:22-25

And he will say, Peace. My lord sent me, saying, Behold, now there came here to me two boys from mount Ephraim from the sons of the prophets: wilt thou give to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments? And Naaman will say, Be content, take two talents And he will press upon him, and he Will bind two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and he will give to his two boys, and they will lift up before him. And he will come to the hill and; take from their hand and deposit in the house: and he will send away the men, said they will go. read more.
And he came in, and he will stand by his lord: and Elisha will say to him, From whence, Gehazi? And he will say, Thy servant wait not hence and thence.

Hatred » We should exhibit against » Lying

Kings » Specially warned against » Lying

Proverbs 17:7

The lip of excellence is not becoming to, the foolish one: much less the lip. of falsehood to the noble one.

Lying » A characteristic of the apostacy

Lying » Excludes from heaven

Lying » Forbidden

Lying » False witnesses addicted to

Proverbs 14:25

A witness of truth delivers souls: and deceit will breathe out lies.

Lying » False prophets addicted to

Jeremiah 23:14

And in the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, committing adultery and going in falsehood: and they strengthened the hands of those doing evil, they turned not back a man from his evil: they were to me all of them as Sodom, and those dwelling in her as Gomorrah.

Ezekiel 22:28

And her prophets plastered plaster upon them, seeing vanity, and divining to them falsehood, saying Thus said the Lord Jehovah; and Jehovah spoke not

Lying » Saints » Hate

Proverbs 13:5

The just one will hate the word of falsehood: and the unjust one will be loathsome and be put to shame.

Lying » Saints » Pray to be preserved from

Psalm 119:29

The way of falsehood remove thou from me, and with thy laws compassionate me.

Lying » Saints » Avoid

Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, and they shall not speak falsehood: and in their mouth shall not be found a tongue of deceit: for they shall feed and lie down, and none terrifying.

Isaiah 63:8

And he will say, Surely they my people, sons that will not lie: and he will be to them for Saviour.

Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for

Jeremiah 9:3

And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:5

And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.

Lying » Lying spirit from God

1 Kings 22:21-23

And the spirit will go forth and stand before Jehovah, and he will say, I will deceive him. And Jehovah will say, By what? And he will say, I will go forth and be to him a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he will say, Thou shalt deceive, and thou shalt be able: go forth and do thus. And now behold, Jehovah gave a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Jehovah spake evil concerning thee.

2 Chronicles 18:20-22

And a spirit will come forth and stand before Jehovah, and say, I will persuade. And Jehovah will say, In what? And he will say, I will go forth and be for a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And he will say, Thou shalt persuade, and also thou shalt prevail: go and do thus. And now behold Jehovah gave a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these thy prophets, and Jehovah spake evil against thee.

Lying » Punishment for

Psalm 120:3-4

What shall be given to thee? and what shall be added to thee, thou tongue of deceit? Arrows of the strong one sharpened with burning coals of broom.

Lying » The devil excites men to

1 Kings 22:22

And he will say, I will go forth and be to him a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he will say, Thou shalt deceive, and thou shalt be able: go forth and do thus.

Lying » Antinomians guilty of

Lying » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren

Genesis 37:31-32

And they will take Joseph's tunic, and will slaughter a he-goat of the goats, and will dip the tunic in the blood. And they will send the tunic, reaching down to the soles of the feet., and will bring to their father, and they will say, We found this: recognise now, is this thy son's tunic or not?

Lying » Hateful to God

Proverbs 6:16-19

These six Jehovah hated, and seven an abomination of his soul: Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood, A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil, read more.
A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.

Lying » They who are guilty of, shall be cast into hell

Lying » Exemplified » Michal

1 Samuel 19:14

And Saul will send messengers to take David, and she will say, He sick.

Lying » Exemplified » saul

1 Samuel 15:13

And Samuel will come to Saul: and Saul will say to him, Blessed thou of Jehovah: I set up the word of Jehovah.

Lying » Leads to » Hatred

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.

Lying » The evil of rulers hearkening to

Proverbs 29:12

A ruler listening to the word of falsehood, all serving him are unjust

Lying » Folly of concealing hatred by

Lying » Poverty preferable to

Proverbs 19:22

The desire of man his mercy: and the poor good above the man of falsehood.

Lying » Shall be detected

Proverbs 12:19

The lip of truth shall be prepared forever: and the tongue of falsehood while I shall wink.

Lying » An abomination to God

Lying » Exemplified » Prophet of bethel

1 Kings 13:18

And he will say to him, I also a prophet as thou; and a messenger spake to me in the word of Jehovah, saying, Turn him back with thee to thy house; and he shall eat bread and drink water. Lying to him.

Lying » Exemplified » Gibeonites

Joshua 9:9-13

And they will say to him, From a land very far off thy servants came, for the name of Jehovah thy God; for we heard his fame and all that he did in Egypt And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, to Sihon, king of Heshbon, and to Og, king of Bashan, in Ashtaroth. And our old men and all the inhabitants of our land will say to us, saying, Take in your hand food for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We your servants: and now cut out to us a covenant: read more.
This the hot bread we took it for food from our houses in the day we came forth to come to you; and now, behold, it dry, and it was crumbs And these leather sacks of wine which we filled, new, and behold, they were rent; and these our garments and our shoes worn out from the exceeding greatness of the way.

Lying » Exemplified » David

1 Samuel 21:2

And David will say to Abimelech the priest, The king commanded me a word, and he will say to me, A man shall not know any thing of the word for which I sent thee, and what I commanded thee: and the boys I showed to such a place a certain one.

Lying » Exemplified » Sarah

Genesis 18:15

And Sarah will deny, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he will say, Nay, for thou didst laugh.

Lying » Exemplified » jacob

Genesis 27:19

And Jacob will say to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I did according to that thou spakest to me: arise, now, sit and eat from my hunting, so that thy soul shall praise me.

Lying » Exemplified » Peter

Matthew 26:72

And again he denied with an oath, That I know not the man.

Lying » The wicked » Give heed to

Proverbs 17:4

He doing evil attends upon, lips of vanity; he lying feeds upon a tongue of mischief

Lying » Leads to » Love of impure conversation

Proverbs 17:4

He doing evil attends upon, lips of vanity; he lying feeds upon a tongue of mischief

Lying » Vanity of getting riches by

Lying » A hindrance to prayer

Isaiah 59:2-3

But your iniquities were separating between you and between your God, and your sins caused to hide;the face from you from hearing. For your hands were polluted with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips spake falsehood, your tongue will mutter evil.

Lying » Unbecoming in rulers

Proverbs 17:7

The lip of excellence is not becoming to, the foolish one: much less the lip. of falsehood to the noble one.

Lying » Exemplified » Gehazi

2 Kings 5:22

And he will say, Peace. My lord sent me, saying, Behold, now there came here to me two boys from mount Ephraim from the sons of the prophets: wilt thou give to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments?

Lying » Exemplified » Samson

Judges 16:10

And Delilah will say to Samson, Behold, thou deceivest me, and thou wilt speak to me lies: this time announce to me now in what thou shalt be bound.

Lying » Exemplified » Cain

Lying » Saints » Reject those who practice

Psalm 101:7

He doing deceit shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he speaking falsehoods shall not be prepared before mine eyes.

Lying » Often accompanied by gross crimes

Hosea 4:1-2

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye sons of Israel: for a contention to Jehovah with the inhabitants of the land, for no truth and no kindness and no knowledge of God in the land. Swearing and lying, and breaking in pieces, and stealing and committing adultery, they broke forth; and bloods touched upon bloods.

Lying » Hypocrites, a seed of

Isaiah 57:4

Against whom will ye deride? against whom will ye make broad the mouth, will ye thrust out the tongue? are ye not children of transgressing and a seed of falsehood?

Lying » Hypocrites addicted to

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim surrounded me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit: and Judah even ruled with God, and was faithful with the holy ones.

Lying » Exemplified

Lying » Exemplified » Cretans

Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy

Lying » The wicked » Bring forth

Psalm 7:14

Behold, lie will bring forth vanity, and he conceived trouble, and he will bring forth falsehood.

Lying » The wicked » Delight in

Psalm 62:4

Surely they counseled to thrust down his lifting up: they will delight in falsehood: with their mouth they will praise, and in their inward parts they will curse. Silence.

Lying » The wicked » Love

Psalm 52:3

Thou lovedst evil above good; falsehood more than speaking justice. Silence.

Lying » Saints » Respect not those who practice

Lying » The wicked » Seek after

Psalm 4:2

Sons of man, how long mine honor for shame? Ye will love emptiness, ye. will seek falsehood. Silence.

Lying » The devil, the father of

Lying » Exemplified » Job's friends

Job 13:4

And on the contrary, ye devise falsehood; physicians all of you for nothing.

Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Lying

Satan's » Work » Lying

Serpent » Power of » Lying

Servants » Characteristics of wicked servants: » Lying

2 Kings 5:22

And he will say, Peace. My lord sent me, saying, Behold, now there came here to me two boys from mount Ephraim from the sons of the prophets: wilt thou give to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments?

2 Kings 5:25

And he came in, and he will stand by his lord: and Elisha will say to him, From whence, Gehazi? And he will say, Thy servant wait not hence and thence.

Tempter » Power of » Lying

satan's Work » Lying

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Lying And Deceit

Psalm 120:2

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, from a tongue of deceit.

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