Bible Verses about Lying

Lying can damage trust and relationships, and the Bible has a lot to say about honesty and truthfulness. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses that address lying and the importance of speaking the truth. These scriptures will help us understand why honesty matters and how we can strive to live a life of integrity. Whether you’re dealing with a tricky situation or just want to reflect on the value of truth, these verses offer guidance and encouragement.

Bible Verses about Lying

Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Psalm 101:7
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is 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 out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Leviticus 19:11
You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.

Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices.

Proverbs 17:7
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.

Jeremiah 9:5
Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Psalm 120:2
Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Zechariah 8:16
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

1 John 2:4
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 4:20
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Matthew 5:37
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

Proverbs 20:17
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Hosea 11:12
Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

James 3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

Isaiah 59:13
Transgressing and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Ezekiel 13:6
They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.

Jeremiah 14:14
And the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.

Micah 2:11
If a man should go about inventing lies, telling lies and saying, ‘I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,’ he would be the preacher for this people!

Acts 5:3
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Proverbs 6:19
A false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

Psalm 31:18
Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Romans 1:25
Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

2 Thessalonians 2:11
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,

John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began.

Proverbs 10:18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Psalm 62:4
They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse.

Jeremiah 23:14
But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil.

Ezekiel 22:28
And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

Isaiah 44:25
Who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,

1 Timothy 4:2
Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,

Zephaniah 3:13
Those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Psalm 119:29
Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law.

Isaiah 59:4
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

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