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What Does the Bible Say About Telling Lies?

Here are 9 Bible verses about telling lies, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1John 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.

  2. #2Revelation 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.”

  3. #31 John 2:4

    He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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

  4. #4Proverbs 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.

  5. #5Ephesians 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.

  6. #6Exodus 20:16

    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

    BSBYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  7. #7Proverbs 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.

  8. #8Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

    BSBGod 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?

  9. #9Proverbs 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.

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