1119 verses about Lying

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips.

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.

I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!

The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

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

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

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

The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

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

An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

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

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

By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

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

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;

lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.