Bible Verses About Dealing with a Liar
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dealing with a liar, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,440 votes, led by Proverbs 19:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dealing with a Liar
Proverbs 19:9123 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 12:22110 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 6:16-19107 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Matthew 12:36-37105 votes
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Exodus 20:16102 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Psalms 101:795 votes
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
John 8:4488 votes
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.
Colossians 3:984 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Proverbs 19:582 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 26:2882 votes
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs 12:1973 votes
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
1 John 4:2072 votes
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Proverbs 14:569 votes
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Revelation 21:864 votes
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.
1 John 1:962 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 3:1760 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Psalms 5:656 votes
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Proverbs 17:455 votes
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Psalms 120:254 votes
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Luke 17:354 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Leviticus 19:1152 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Proverbs 21:650 votes
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Exodus 23:149 votes
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Proverbs 19:2247 votes
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Proverbs 10:1846 votes
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
What does the Bible say about dealing with a liar?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:9 on the subject of dealing with a liar. Across 3,440 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 6:16-19, Matthew 12:36-37. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.