Telling lies

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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Proverbs 12:22

  Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

• Ephesians 4:25

  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

• Exodus 20:16

  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

• Proverbs 12:19

  The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

• 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?

• Proverbs 19:9

  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

• 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, …

• 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.

• Proverbs 19:5

  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

• Colossians 3:9

  Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

• Leviticus 19:11

  Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

• 1 Corinthians 13:1–13

  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. …

• 2 Peter 2:9

  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

• Hebrews 6:18

  That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

• Psalms 119:163

  I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

• Matthew 19:18

  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

• Revelation 21:27

  And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

• 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.

• Titus 1:2

  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

• John 14:6

  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

• 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:

• Psalms 101:7

  He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

• Psalms 5:6

  Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

• Proverbs 14:5

  A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

• Proverbs 26:23–28

  Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. …

• Proverbs 26:28

  A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

• Proverbs 14:25

  A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

• 1 Timothy 4:2

  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

• 1 Peter 3:10

  For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

• Proverbs 19:22

  The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

• Zechariah 8:16

  These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

• Proverbs 25:18

  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

• Proverbs 17:4

  A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

• 2 Corinthians 11:14

  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

• Mark 9:43

  And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

• Psalms 58:3

  The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

• Proverbs 24:28

  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.