115 Bible Verses about Telling Lies
Want to know what the Bible says about Telling Lies? Here are 115 Bible verses about Telling Lies from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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James 3:14 NIV
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
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1 John 1:6 NIV
If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
17
1 Corinthians 13:6 NIV
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
17
Psalm 34:12-13 NIV
12 Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
16
Matthew 15:18-20 NIV
18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
16
Proverbs 11:9 NIV
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
15
Psalm 119:69 NIV
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,
I keep your precepts with all my heart.
I keep your precepts with all my heart.
15
Zechariah 10:2 NIV
The idols speak deceitfully,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
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Psalm 59:12 NIV
For the sins of their mouths,
for the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
for the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
14
1 John 2:21 NIV
I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
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