58 Bible Verses About Truth vs. falsehood

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?

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.

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

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

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.