Lying
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Lying’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 25–48 of 72 verses grouped under this topic.
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
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A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
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1 John 1:6 NT
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
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1 John 2:4 NT
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
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Hosea 11:12 OT
Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
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Isaiah 57:4 OT
Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,
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Psalms 58:3 OT
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
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Psalms 52:3 OT
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth.
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Psalms 62:4 OT
They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.
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Psalms 4:2 OT
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?
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Jeremiah 9:3 OT
“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 9:5 OT
Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves commiting iniquity.
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Psalms 7:14 OT
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
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An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
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even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,
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A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Hosea 4:1 OT
Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
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Hosea 4:2 OT
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
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He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
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Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
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Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
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That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.
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There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.