22 Bible Verses about Lying

For
“He who would love life
And see good days,
Let him refrain his tongue from evil,
And his lips from speaking deceit.
Let him turn away from evil and do good;
Let him seek peace and pursue it.”

He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend.

And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

A perverse man sows strife,
And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

Whoever hides hatred has lying lips,
And whoever spreads slander is a fool.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal truthfully are His delight.

A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

He who walks with integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will become known.

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

A faithful witness does not lie,
But a false witness will utter lies.

‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
Feed me with the food allotted to me.

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.

Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
Much less lying lips to a prince.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”