Bible Verses About Lying

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

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.

17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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

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

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

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

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.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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.

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

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

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

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

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

Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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

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

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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

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

16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

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

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

1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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

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

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

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

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

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

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.

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

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

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

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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

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

16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

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

And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: