15 occurrences

'Lie' in the Bible

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. For against Yahweh our God we have sinned, we and our ancestors, from our youth and until this day. and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.'

Verse ConceptsSin, Effects OfParents SinSelf AbasementBeing Evil From YouthShame Has ComeWe Have Sinned

For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.

Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapWaitingAmbushSnares Laid for PeopleMan TrappingBirds

How can you say, 'We [are] wise and the law of Yahweh [is] with us'? Look, surely {the lying stylus of the scribes} has made it a lie.

Verse ConceptsPensDecadenceFalse WisdomMaking God A LiarMisrepresentationBreaking God's Lawcredibility

This [is] your lot, the portion of your measure from me," {declares} Yahweh, "because you have forgotten me, and you have trusted in the lie.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsdistrustTrusting Deceptive Thingsfate

For they [are] prophesying to you a lie, so that you [will be] removed from your land, and I will drive you away, and you will perish.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentWicked ProphetsThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

And you must not listen to the words of the prophets who are speaking to you, {saying}, 'You must not serve the king of Babylon,' for they [are] prophesying a lie to you.

Verse ConceptsWicked ProphetsFalse Prophets DenouncedDo Not Listen!

Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, {saying}, "Thus says Yahweh, 'You must not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, {saying}, "Look, the vessels of the house of Yahweh [are] about to be quickly brought back from Babylon", for they [are] prophesying a lie to you.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonProphesying LiesWicked ProphetsDo Not Listen!

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Please listen, Hananiah, Yahweh has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

Verse ConceptsPersuasionFalse ProphetsSatan, Agents OfTrust, Lack OfTrusting Deceptive ThingsGod Not SendingProphets Who Were Not Sent

Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you in my name a lie, 'Look, I [am] going to give them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and he will strike them before your eyes.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Agents OfKilling ProphetsGod Will Cause DefeatNamed Prophets Of The Lord

"Send to all the exiles, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: "Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I have not sent him, and he has made you trust in a lie,"

Verse ConceptsTrusting Deceptive ThingsGod Not SendingProphets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Again there will be in this waste place, {without} people and animals, and in all its towns, pasture for shepherds allowing [their] flock to lie down.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyBoth Men And Animals AffectedThose Who Kept Stock

And Jeremiah said, "[That is] a lie! I [am] not deserting to the Chaldeans." But he would not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "You must not do this thing, for you [are] telling a lie about Ishmael."

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Who Lied

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the insolent men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, "You [are] telling a lie! Yahweh our God did not send you, {saying}, 'You must not go [to] Egypt to dwell as aliens there.'

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPride, Results OfPride, Results InProphesying Lies

All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [the] divine image. For his cast image [is] a lie, and [there is] no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenFools, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryThose Who Were Ignorant

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