Bible Verses About Lying Lips
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lying lips, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,289 votes, led by Proverbs 6:16-19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lying Lips
Proverbs 6:16-19274 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 12:22260 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 12:19192 votes
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
John 8:44158 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.
Revelation 21:8128 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.
Exodus 23:194 votes
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Colossians 3:9-1080 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Proverbs 24:2871 votes
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Ephesians 6:162 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
1 Peter 5:862 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Proverbs 12:1756 votes
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs 14:552 votes
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Colossians 3:951 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
1 John 1:1047 votes
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
James 1:1943 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Exodus 20:1641 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
1 John 1:941 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Isaiah 40:839 votes
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Acts 5:1-1139 votes
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Revelation 21:2734 votes
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Leviticus 19:1133 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
James 3:1433 votes
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
1 John 4:132 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Psalms 34:1331 votes
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
1 John 2:429 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
What does the Bible say about lying lips?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 6:16-19 on the subject of lying lips. Across 2,289 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 12:19, John 8:44. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.