Bible Verses about Lying
| Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. | Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal faithfully are His delight. |
| 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.” | 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.” |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. |
| 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.” | 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.” |
| 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. | 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. |
| If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. | If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool. |
| Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. | One who walks in integrity walks securely, But one who perverts his ways will be found out. |
| A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. | A trustworthy witness will not lie, But a false witness declares lies. |
| A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need. | Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion. |
| Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. | Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. |
| The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. | The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate. |
| “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!” | 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.” |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you. |
| Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler. | Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked, what is perverted. |
| 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? | 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? |
| A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. | One who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, But one who is trustworthy conceals a matter. |
| 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. | 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. |
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