Telling a Lie
6 passages
- Proverbs 12:19
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Read it in context - Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Read it in context - Deuteronomy 5:20
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:9–10
9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, 10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
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