Written by Pastor Jack WellmanTop 18 Bible Verses About Lying
Little white lies or big lies are all lies in the eyes of the Lord. The Bible has a lot to say about lies and lying. We are to always speak the truth and ignore lies. Here are our top 18 Bible verses about lying.
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Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The LORD has declared disaster concerning you.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:22
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The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31
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“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
- Jeremiah 8:8
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I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—
- Romans 9:1
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And the LORD said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’
- 1 Kings 22:22
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there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
- Hosea 4:2
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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.
- Ezekiel 13:6
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You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.
- Ezekiel 13:19
10
Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”
- Exodus 5:9
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
- Proverbs 21:6
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Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
- Psalm 31:18
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Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Proverbs 12:19
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For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
- Psalm 109:2
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But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
- Genesis 3:4
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A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
- Proverbs 26:28
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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.
- Jeremiah 14:14
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Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
- Proverbs 12:22
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Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,
- Proverbs 30:8
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