Telling Lies

10 passages

1. John 8:44

   You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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2. Revelation 21:8

   But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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3. 1 John 2:4

   If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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4. Proverbs 12:22

   Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

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5. 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.

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6. Exodus 20:16

   You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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7. Proverbs 12:19

   Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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8. Numbers 23:19

   God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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9. Proverbs 19:9

   A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

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10. 1 John 4:1

    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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