What Does the Bible Say About Exposing a Lie?
Here are 16 Bible verses about Exposing a Lie, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
BSBHave no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- #21 John 1:5
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
BSBAnd this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- #31 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
BSBbut test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
- #4Proverbs 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.
- #5John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
BSBJesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- #6John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
BSBThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- #7Proverbs 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.
- #8Proverbs 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.
- #9Proverbs 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.
- #10Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
BSBTherefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- #111 John 1:6-7
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
BSBIf we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- #12Revelation 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.”
- #13Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
BSBYou destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- #14John 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.
- #15Colossians 3:9-10
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:
BSBDo not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- #162 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
BSBThe god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).