Bible Verses About Lie
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lie, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 800 votes, led by Proverbs 19:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lie
Proverbs 19:5113 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 6:16-19105 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 12:2299 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 12:1966 votes
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Revelation 21:840 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.
Leviticus 19:1129 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
1 Corinthians 10:1327 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
John 8:4426 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.
Romans 1:2924 votes
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Numbers 23:1919 votes
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Romans 6:2319 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Exodus 20:1617 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Proverbs 19:917 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Acts 5:1-1017 votes
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Ephesians 4:2515 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Psalms 101:714 votes
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Proverbs 14:514 votes
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Colossians 3:9-1014 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Colossians 3:913 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
1 Timothy 1:1013 votes
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
2 Peter 3:913 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Titus 1:212 votes
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
1 John 1:912 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Proverbs 13:511 votes
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Proverbs 17:711 votes
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
What does the Bible say about lie?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:5 on the subject of lie. Across 800 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 6:16-19, Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 12:19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.