Bible Verses about Lying
| Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight. | Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. |
| For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep 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.” | 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.” |
| Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man. | 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. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. |
| He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile the man.” | 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.” |
| Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator. | 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. |
| If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and don’t tell the truth. | If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. |
| He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool. | Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. | Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. |
| A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies. | A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. |
| A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. | A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| 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 doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. | 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 shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | 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. |
| Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me. | Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need. |
| Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. | Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. |
| The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. | The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate. |
| But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God.” | “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!” |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked what is perverse. |
| God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good? | 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? |
| One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret. | A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. |
| As knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. | 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. |
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