Bible Verses About Lying

“Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.”

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

“Do 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.”

“For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.”

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

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.”

“An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.”

“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.”

“But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

“Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.”

“The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.”

“But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.”

“The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.”

“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.”

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

“God 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?”

“Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

“For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.”

“A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.”

“Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!”

“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. You 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. But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”

“I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.”

“The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. But 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.”

“Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.”

“A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.”

“The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.”

“The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

“He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.”

“The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.”

“May lying lips be silenced — lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.”

“Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

“Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.”

“Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.”

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.”

“Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’ So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

“But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.”

“Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.”

“The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.”

“Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.”

“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.”

“By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.”

“Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.”

“But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”

“Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.”

“Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.”