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What Does the Bible Say About Dealing with a Liar?

Here are 15 Bible verses about Dealing with a Liar, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Proverbs 19:9

    A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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

  2. #2Proverbs 6:16-19

    These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

    BSBThere are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

  3. #3Proverbs 12:22

    Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

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

  4. #4Matthew 12:36-37

    But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

    BSBBut I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  5. #5Exodus 20:16

    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

    BSBYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  6. #6Psalms 101:7

    He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

    BSBNo one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

  7. #7John 8:44

    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.

    BSBYou 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.

  8. #8Proverbs 19:5

    A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

    BSBA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

  9. #9Proverbs 26:28

    A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

    BSBA lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

  10. #10Colossians 3:9

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

    BSBDo not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

  11. #11Proverbs 12:19

    The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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

  12. #121 John 4:20

    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

    BSBIf anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

  13. #13Proverbs 14:5

    A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

    BSBAn honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

  14. #14Revelation 21:8

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

    BSBBut 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.”

  15. #151 John 1:9

    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    BSBIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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