
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Is it Okay...to Lie?
Lying
Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 2,088 helpful votes
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 ESV / 2,032 helpful votes
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 19:9 ESV / 1,720 helpful votes
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Psalm 101:7 ESV / 1,383 helpful votes
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
Proverbs 12:19 ESV / 1,133 helpful votes
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Colossians 3:9-10 ESV / 1,079 helpful votes
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
Luke 8:17 ESV / 887 helpful votes
For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
John 8:44 ESV / 752 helpful votes
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 has nothing to do with 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.
Exodus 20:16 ESV / 712 helpful votes
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 674 helpful votes
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
1 John 2:4 ESV / 656 helpful votes
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
Revelation 21:8 ESV / 593 helpful votes
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.”
Proverbs 19:5 ESV / 576 helpful votes
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 509 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Leviticus 19:11 ESV / 479 helpful votes
“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.
Proverbs 24:28 ESV / 459 helpful votes
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Proverbs 21:6 ESV / 403 helpful votes
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 400 helpful votes
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”
Proverbs 14:5 ESV / 396 helpful votes
A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
Psalm 58:3 ESV / 363 helpful votes
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
James 3:14 ESV / 355 helpful votes
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
John 8:32 ESV / 327 helpful votes
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Proverbs 26:18-19 ESV / 318 helpful votes
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”
Colossians 3:9 ESV / 317 helpful votes
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Proverbs 13:5 ESV / 317 helpful votes
The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
Romans 12:17-21 ESV / 313 helpful votes
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Psalm 109:2 ESV / 313 helpful votes
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
John 8:43-47 ESV / 293 helpful votes
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 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 has nothing to do with 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. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”
Proverbs 26:28 ESV / 283 helpful votes
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Numbers 23:19 ESV / 275 helpful votes
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Psalm 34:13 ESV / 273 helpful votes
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
James 1:26 ESV / 270 helpful votes
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
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