Bible Verses About Telling Lies
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for telling lies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,732 votes, led by John 8:44. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Telling Lies
John 8:44197 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 21:8179 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 2:4155 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Proverbs 12:22113 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Ephesians 4:2588 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Exodus 20:1676 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Proverbs 12:1973 votes
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Numbers 23:1971 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?
Proverbs 19:971 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 6:16-1964 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
1 John 4:161 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.
Colossians 3:960 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Leviticus 19:1159 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Proverbs 19:558 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1355 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 Peter 2:948 votes
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Hebrews 6:1847 votes
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Psalms 119:16346 votes
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Matthew 19:1845 votes
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
1 John 1:944 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Revelation 21:2744 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.
Titus 1:243 votes
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
John 14:642 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Psalms 101:740 votes
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Colossians 3:9-1040 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
What does the Bible say about telling lies?
Readers most often cite John 8:44 on the subject of telling lies. Across 3,732 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 21:8, 1 John 2:4, Proverbs 12:22. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.