75 Verses About Lying from 30 Books

1 Kings 22:22

the LORD said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'

1 Kings 22:23

Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you."

1 Timothy 2:7

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

2 Chronicles 18:21

"He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' "He said, 'You will entice him, and will prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'

2 Chronicles 18:22

"Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you."

2 Thessalonians 2:9

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Acts 6:1

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.



Acts 23:16

But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.

Daniel 2:9

But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.

Deuteronomy 21:1

If one be found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him;

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

Exodus 5:9

Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."

Ezekiel 13:6

They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, the LORD says; but the LORD has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.

Ezekiel 13:7

Haven't you seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying divination, in that you say, the LORD says; but I have not spoken?



Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Galatians 1:20

Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I'm not lying.

Genesis 29:2

He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.

Genesis 34:7

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 49:14

"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

Hebrews 6:14

saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."

Hosea 4:2

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.



Isaiah 14:29

Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 30:6

The burden of the animals of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, of the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people.

Isaiah 30:9

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD;

Isaiah 32:7

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jeremiah 7:4

Don't trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, are these.

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.



Jeremiah 14:14

Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says the LORD.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"

John 11:41

So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

John 20:5

Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn't enter in.

John 20:6

Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,

John 20:7

and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.



Jonah 2:8

Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Judges 21:12

They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Lamentations 3:10

He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

Leviticus 11:20

"'All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.

Luke 2:12

This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

Luke 2:16

They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

Luke 11:54

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

Luke 24:12

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.

Mark 2:4

When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

Mark 5:40

They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.

Matthew 8:14

When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.

Matthew 9:2

Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."

Matthew 28:6

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

Micah 7:5

Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Numbers 31:17

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:18

But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Numbers 31:35

and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.

Numbers 35:20

If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

Numbers 35:22

"'But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

Proverbs 10:18

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Proverbs 12:19

Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.

Proverbs 17:7

Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Psalms 31:6

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in the LORD.

Psalms 31:18

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Psalms 52:3

You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

Psalms 109:2

for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

Psalms 120:2

Deliver my soul, the LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 139:3

You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

Psalms 148:10

wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds;

Revelation 4:7

The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.

Revelation 8:13

I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"

Revelation 14:6

I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

Romans 9:1

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

Zechariah 5:1

Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.

Zechariah 5:2

He said to me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits."





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