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- Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
- Proverbs 6:16–19
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, …
- Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- Psalms 101:7
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
- Proverbs 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Colossians 3:9–10
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
- Luke 8:17
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
- John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- 1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Leviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
- Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
- Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
- Matthew 15:18–20
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
- Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
- James 3:14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
- Psalms 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
- Romans 12:17–21
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. …
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- Proverbs 26:18–19
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
- Psalms 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- John 8:43–47
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. …
- Psalms 120:2
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
- James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
- Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
- Revelation 21:7–8
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- 1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
- Luke 16:10
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
- Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- Matthew 5:11
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
