Bible Verses About Lying
This collection includes 50 passages about Lying. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.
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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Scripture Passages
Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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,
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
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