Bible Verses About Lying
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lying, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 43,787 votes, led by Proverbs 12:22. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lying
Proverbs 12:222,457 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 6:16-192,391 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 19:91,961 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Psalms 101:71,634 votes
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Proverbs 12:191,356 votes
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Colossians 3:9-101,340 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Luke 8:171,058 votes
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
John 8:44988 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.
Exodus 20:16868 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Ephesians 4:25806 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
1 John 2:4765 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Revelation 21:8709 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.
Proverbs 19:5698 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
1 John 1:9642 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Leviticus 19:11602 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Proverbs 14:5558 votes
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 24:28551 votes
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Proverbs 21:6514 votes
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Matthew 15:18-20512 votes
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Psalms 58:3451 votes
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
James 3:14426 votes
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Proverbs 13:5405 votes
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Colossians 3:9400 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Romans 12:17-21395 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Numbers 23:19387 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?
What does the Bible say about lying?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:22 on the subject of lying. Across 43,787 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 6:16-19, Proverbs 19:9, Psalms 101:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.