33 Bible Verses about Lying

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!

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.

They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.

No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.

They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.

No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Nothing is wrong, answered Gehazi. But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived. He would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes. Please take six thousand pieces of silver, Naaman replied. He tied the silver in two bags and gave them and two changes of fine clothes to two of his servants, and sent them on ahead of Gehazi. They reached the hill where Elisha lived. Gehazi took the two bags and carried them into the house. Then he sent Naaman's servants back. read more.
He went into the house. Elisha asked him: Where have you been? Oh, nowhere, he answered.

I hate and despise falsehood and I love your law.

Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.

The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.

Nothing impure will ever enter it. The shameful and deceitful will not enter. Only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life will enter.

Outside are the dogs (impure men) and those who practice spiritism, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who tells lies.'

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

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

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

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

Say this about the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I see something horrible. The prophets of Jerusalem commit adultery and live a lie. They support those who do evil so that no one turns back from his wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me, and those who live in Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.'

Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them. They see false visions and divine lies for them. They say: This is what the Lord Jehovah says, when Jehovah has not spoken.

A righteous man hates lying. A wicked man is loathsome and shameful.

I hate and despise falsehood and I love your law.

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.

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.

He said: They are my people, sons who will not lie to me. So he became their Savior.

They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. They do not 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.

until a spirit stepped forward, approached Jehovah, and said: I will deceive him. 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. 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!

until a spirit stepped forward, approached Jehovah, and said: I will deceive him. How? Jehovah asked. The spirit replied: I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies. Jehovah said: Go and deceive him. You will succeed. Micaiah concluded: This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he has decreed that you will meet with disaster!

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

You deceitful tongue, what can Jehovah give you? What more can he do for you? He will give you a warrior's sharpened arrows and red-hot coals.

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?

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.

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

He who says: I know him, and does not obey his commandments is a liar! The truth is not in him.

Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood. They took the robe to their father and said: We found this. Does it belong to your son?

Jehovah hates these six things: Yes, seven are an abomination to him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run quickly to badness, read more.
A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

Saul sent messengers to get David. Michal said: He is sick.

Samuel went up to Saul. Saul said: Jehovah bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed Jehovah's command.

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

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.

Kindness is desired in a man. A poor man is better than a liar.

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

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

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.

They said: From a very far country, your servants came because of the name of Jehovah your God, for we have heard about him and all he did in Egypt; and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying: 'Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them: We are your servants. Therefore make a treaty with us.' read more.
We took hot fresh bread for our provision out of our houses on the day we came to you. Now it is dry, and it is moldy: These bottles of wine, which we filled, were new and now they are cracked. Our garments and shoes have become old by reason of the very long journey.

The king ordered me to do something, David answered the priest Ahimelech, and he told me: No one must know anything about this mission I am sending you to do. I have stationed my young men at a certain place.

Sarah denied saying: I did not laugh! She was afraid. He said: But you did laugh!

Jacob answered: I am your older son Esau. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of the meat that I brought you. Then you can give me your blessing.

Again he denied with an oath: I have no knowledge of the man.

The evildoer pays attention to false lips. A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue.

The evildoer pays attention to false lips. A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue.

Wealth acquired by lying is fleeting vapor and a deadly pursuit.

But your wrongs have separated you from your God. Your sins have made him hide his face so that he does not even hear you. Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers are desecrated with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things.

Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.

Nothing is wrong, answered Gehazi. But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived. He would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes.

Delilah told Samson: You made a fool of me. What is the truth? Please tell me how someone could tie you up.

Jehovah asked Cain: Where is your brother Abel? I do not know, he replied. Am I my brother's keeper?

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

Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land. They do nothing but swear, deceive, kill, steal and commit adultery! There is violence and bloodshed in the land.

With whom are you effeminate (self-indulgent)? With whom do you open wide your mouth and offer your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood and deceit?

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.

You will not die, the serpent said to the woman.

One of them, a prophet of their own, said: Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.

See how they conceive evil. They are pregnant with wickedness and give birth to lies.

They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.

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

Blessed is the man who has made Jehovah his security. He has not turned to the proud, or to those who turn aside into falsehood.

O sons of men, how long will my glorious honor be turned into shame? How long will you love empty, worthless things and search for the lie?

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!

You are smearing me with lies. As doctors you are worthless, all of you!

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!

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!

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!

Nothing is wrong, answered Gehazi. But my master sent me to tell you that just now two members of the group of prophets in the hill country of Ephraim arrived. He would like you to give them three thousand pieces of silver and two changes of fine clothes.

He went into the house. Elisha asked him: Where have you been? Oh, nowhere, he answered.

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!

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!