Bible Verses About Exposing a Lie
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for exposing a lie, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 604 votes, led by Ephesians 5:11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Exposing a Lie
Ephesians 5:1184 votes
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
1 John 1:543 votes
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 Thessalonians 5:2132 votes
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Proverbs 12:1927 votes
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 14:527 votes
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 19:926 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
John 14:626 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Proverbs 19:524 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
John 10:1023 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Ephesians 4:2523 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
1 John 1:6-722 votes
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Psalms 5:621 votes
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Revelation 21:821 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.
John 8:3218 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:4418 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.
2 Corinthians 4:418 votes
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
1 John 3:418 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Colossians 3:9-1017 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Exodus 20:1616 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Proverbs 12:2214 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
John 1:1413 votes
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2 Corinthians 5:1713 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
1 John 1:313 votes
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:813 votes
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Proverbs 6:16-1912 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
What does the Bible say about exposing a lie?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:11 on the subject of exposing a lie. Across 604 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Proverbs 12:19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.