Bible Verses about “lies”
The Bible contains 8 verses about lies across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].”
“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
“‹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.›”
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
“And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
“¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.”
“¶ The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.”
“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.”