Bible Verses about “dishonesty”
The Bible contains 16 verses about dishonesty across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:”
“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;”
“a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.”
“a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,”
“Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,”
“and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,”
“"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”
“A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.”
“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.”
“If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”
“Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.”
“A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.”
“Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.”
“If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?”
“The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.”
“Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.”