48 Bible Verses About Lying

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

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

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.

And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.