Bible Verses about Lying

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• Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
  But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
  Proverbs 12:22speakinghonestytruth
• For,
  “The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
  Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
  He must turn away from evil and do good;
  He must seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips,
  From a deceitful tongue.
  Psalm 120:2speakingredeemersoul
• One who walks with integrity, practices righteousness,
  And speaks truth in his heart.
  He does not slander with his tongue,
  Nor do evil to his neighbor,
  Nor bring shame on his friend.
  Psalm 15:2-3truthblamelessgossip
• Keep your tongue from evil
  And your lips from speaking deceit.
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• And He was saying, “That which comes out of the person, that is what defiles the person. For from within, out of the hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery, deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile the person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Do not lie to one another, since you stripped off the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it.
  Colossians 3:9-10lifeconversiontransformation
• If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
  1 John 1:6sinhonestytruth
• One who conceals hatred has lying lips,
  And one who spreads slander is a fool.
  Proverbs 10:18speakinggossip
• One who walks in integrity walks securely,
  But one who perverts his ways will be found out.
  Proverbs 10:9sinsafetylife
• A trustworthy witness will not lie,
  But a false witness declares lies.
  Proverbs 14:5truthreliability
• A perverse person spreads strife,
  And a slanderer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28honestygossipfriendship
• You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  John 8:44devildesirestruth
• You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; Honor your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  Matthew 19:18b-19lawlovefamily
• Keep deception and lies far from me,
  Give me neither poverty nor riches;
  Feed me with the food that is my portion.
  Proverbs 30:8materialismfoodmoney
• Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
  Matthew 5:11blessingpersecutionevil
• The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
  Pride, arrogance, the evil way,
  And the perverted mouth, I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.”
  Acts 5:3-4moneyhonestydevil
• A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
  But perversion in it crushes the spirit.
  Proverbs 15:4speakingSpiritgossip
• Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth
  And keep devious speech far from you.
  Proverbs 4:24speakingtruth
• Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
  Much less are lying lips to a prince.
  Proverbs 17:7wisdomspeaking
• The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
  But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted.
  Proverbs 10:32truthrighteousnessspeaking
• God is not a man, that He would lie,
  Nor a son of man, that He would change His mind;
  Has He said, and will He not do it?
  Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
  Numbers 23:19Godreliabilitypromises
• One who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
  But one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
  Proverbs 11:13reliabilityspeakinggossip
• Realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality