Bible Verses about Lying

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• Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
  but those who act faithfully are his delight.
  Proverbs 12:22speakinghonestytruth
• For
  “Those who desire life
  and desire to see good days,
  let them keep their tongues from evil
  and their lips from speaking deceit;
  let them turn away from evil and do good;
  let them seek peace and pursue it.”
  1 Peter 3:10-11lovepeacelife
• Deliver me, O Lord,
  from lying lips,
  from a deceitful tongue.
  Psalm 120:2speakingredeemersoul
• Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right,
  and speak the truth from their heart;
  who do not slander with their tongue,
  and do no evil to their friends,
  nor take up a reproach against their neighbors.
  Psalm 15:2-3truthblamelessgossip
• Keep your tongue from evil,
  and your lips from speaking deceit.
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.
  Colossians 3:9-10lifeconversiontransformation
• If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true.
  1 John 1:6sinhonestytruth
• Lying lips conceal hatred,
  and whoever utters slander is a fool.
  Proverbs 10:18speakinggossip
• Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
  but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
  Proverbs 10:9sinsafetylife
• A faithful witness does not lie,
  but a false witness breathes out lies.
  Proverbs 14:5truthreliability
• A perverse person spreads strife,
  and a whisperer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28honestygossipfriendship
• You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  John 8:44devildesirestruth
• You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother; also, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  Matthew 19:18b-19lawlovefamily
• Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
  give me neither poverty nor riches;
  feed me with the food that I need.
  Proverbs 30:8materialismfoodmoney
• Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
  Matthew 5:11blessingpersecutionevil
• The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
  Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
  and perverted speech I hate.
  Proverbs 8:13aweprideevil
• “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us but to God!”
  Acts 5:3-4moneyhonestydevil
• A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
  but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
  Proverbs 15:4speakingSpiritgossip
• Put away from you crooked speech,
  and put devious talk far from you.
  Proverbs 4:24speakingtruth
• Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
  still less is false speech to a ruler.
  Proverbs 17:7wisdomspeaking
• The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable,
  but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse.
  Proverbs 10:32truthrighteousnessspeaking
• God is not a human being, that he should lie,
  or a mortal, that he should change his mind.
  Has he promised, and will he not do it?
  Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
  Numbers 23:19Godreliabilitypromises
• A gossip goes about telling secrets,
  but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.
  Proverbs 11:13reliabilityspeakinggossip
• This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality