Biblical Concept: Lie

Study note: Many verses have meanings other than the sin pattern of lying. These have been omitted.

Findings:

Shall not lie.

“nor lie to one another”

Only God and 2/3 of the angels do not lie.

“lie to your face”

“men of rank are a lie”

“I will not lie to David”

“The arrogant have forged a lie against me”

“they subvert me with a lie”

“They have persecuted me with a lie”

^NASProverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie, But a false witness speaks lies.

“they prophesy a lie to you”

“the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie”

“they prophesy a lie to you”

“they are prophesying a lie to you”

“you have made this people trust in a lie”

“he has made you trust in a lie”

all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie!”

“you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie”

“remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies”

^NASJohn 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Devil: “he is a liar, and the father of lies”

”Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit”

“they exchanged the truth of God for a lie”

^NASColossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,

“Do not lie to one another”

“God, who cannot lie”

“it is impossible for God to lie”

“lie against the truth”

“we lie and do not practice the truth”

“no lie is of the truth”

“His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie”

^NASRevelation 14:5 And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.

“These who speak lies go astray from birth.”

“lies which they utter”

“mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped”

“A false witness who utters lies”

^NASProverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie, But a false witness speaks lies.

“he who speaks lies is treacherous”

“he who tells lies will not escape”

“he who tells lies will perish”

“Keep deception and lies far from me”

“hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies”

^NASIsaiah 59:4 No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion, and speak lies; They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

“They trust in confusion, and speak lies”

“Lies and not truth prevail in the land”

“They have taught their tongue to speak lies”

“by your lying to My people who listen to lies”

“they divine lies for you”

“divining lies”

“both kings … speak lies to each other.”

^NASHosea 7:3 With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies.

“they speak lies against Me”

“You have eaten the fruit of lies”

“Ephraim surrounds Me with lies”

Ephraim: “He multiplies lies”

Judah: “Their lies also have led them astray”

“Her residents speak lies”

^NASNahum 3:1 Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs.

“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies”

Lie for profit.

Religious lying.

^NASPsalm 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouth, And lied to Him with their tongue.

“When you lied, and did not remember Me.”

Religious lying: “They have lied about the LORD.”

^NASProverbs 17:4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips, A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

“better to be a poor man than a liar”

^NASProverbs 30:6 Do not add to His words Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar.

^NAS1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

^NAS1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is

a liar, and the truth is not in him;

“Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?”

“the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar”

^NASPsalm 116:11 I said in my alarm, "All men are liars."

Antithesis: Liars and sound teaching.

“hypocrisy of liars”

Sanctified generalization: “Cretans are always liars.”

Relationship: Liars and Lake of Fire.

Sanctified idealism: “Let the lying lips be dumb”

King David’s enemies: “lying tongue.”

^NASPsalm 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

Sins that God hates: Lying tongue.

“He who conceals hatred has lying lips”

“a lying tongue is only for a moment”

“Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD”

^NASProverbs 17:7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool; Much less are lying lips to a prince.

Sanctified idealism: “getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor”

“A lying tongue hates those it crushes”

“the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie”

“They see falsehood and lying divination”

“a false vision and speak a lying divination”

“see false visions and utter lying divinations”

“by your lying to My people who listen to lies”

Nebuchadnezzar to wise men: “you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me.”

“diviners see lying visions”

^NASRomans 9:1 I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience bearing me witness in the

Holy Spirit,

“I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying”

^NAS2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I

am not lying.

^NASGalatians 1:20 (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)

^NAS1 Timothy 2:7 And for this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not

lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Antithesis: heaven and lying.

“everyone who loves and practices lying”

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Lie

^NASLeviticus 19:11 'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. (Shall not lie.) (“nor lie to one another”)

^NASNumbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Only God and 2/3 of the angels do not lie.)

^NAS1 Samuel 15:29 "And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind."

^NAS2 Kings 4:16 Then he said, "At this season next year you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant."

^NAS2 Kings 9:12 And they said, "It is a lie, tell us now." And he said, "Thus and thus he said to me, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel."'"

^NASJob 6:28 "And now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face. (“lie to your face”)

^NASPsalm 62:9 Men of low degree are only vanity, and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath. (“men of rank are a lie”)

^NASPsalm 89:35 "Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. (“I will not lie to David”)

^NASPsalm 119:69 The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will observe Thy precepts. (“The arrogant have forged a lie against me”)

⁷⁸ May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie; But I shall meditate on Thy precepts. (“they subvert me with a lie”)

⁸⁶ All Thy commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with a lie; help me! (“They have persecuted me with a lie”)

^NASProverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie, But a false witness speaks lies. (All)

^NASIsaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

^NASJeremiah 8:8 "How can you say, 'We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie. (“the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie”)

^NASJeremiah 27:10 "For they prophesy a lie to you, in order to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish. (“they prophesy a lie to you”)

¹⁴ "So do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon,' for they prophesy a lie to you; (“they prophesy a lie to you”)

¹⁶ Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, 'Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon'; for they are prophesying a lie to you. (“they are prophesying a lie to you”)

^NASJeremiah 28:15 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. (“you have made this people trust in a lie”)

^NASJeremiah 29:31 "Send to all the exiles, saying, 'Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie," (“he has made you trust in a lie”)

^NASJeremiah 37:14 But Jeremiah said, "A lie! I am not going over to the Chaldeans"; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

^NASJeremiah 40:16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "Do not do this thing, for you are telling a lie about Ishmael."

^NASJeremiah 43:2 that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, 'You are not to enter Egypt to reside there'; (all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie!”)

^NASEzekiel 13:8 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, "Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you," declares the Lord God. (“you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie”)

^NASZephaniah 3:13 "The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they shall feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble." (“remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies”)

^NASActs 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back some of the price of the land? (”Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit”)

^NASRomans 1:25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. (“they exchanged the truth of God for a lie”)

^NASRomans 3:7 But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

^NASColossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, (All) (“Do not lie to one another”)

^NASTitus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, (“God, who cannot lie”)

^NASHebrews 6:18 in order that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. (“it is impossible for God to lie”)

^NASJames 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. (“lie against the truth”)

^NAS1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; (“we lie and do not practice the truth”)

^NAS1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. (“no lie is of the truth”)

²⁷ And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (“His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie”)

^NASRevelation 3:9 'Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie-- behold, I will make them to come and bow down at your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

^NASRevelation 14:5 And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.

“You have not lied to men, but to God."

Lies

¹⁰ Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies; now please tell me, how you may be bound."

¹³ Then Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies; tell me how you may be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web and fasten it with a pin, then I shall become weak and be like any other man."

^NASJob 13:4 "But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians.

^NASPsalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. (“These who speak lies go astray from birth.”)

^NASPsalm 59:12 On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter. (“lies which they utter”)

^NASPsalm 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him will glory, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped. (“mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped”)

^NASProverbs 6:19 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. (“A false witness who utters lies”)

^NASProverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie, But a false witness speaks lies. (All)

²⁵ A truthful witness saves lives, But he who speaks lies is treacherous. (“he who speaks lies is treacherous”)

^NASProverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. (“he who tells lies will not escape”)

⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish. (“he who tells lies will perish”)

^NASProverbs 30:8 Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, (“Keep deception and lies far from me”)

^NASIsaiah 28:17 "And I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the level; Then hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the secret place. (“hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies”)

^NASIsaiah 59:4 No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion, and speak lies; They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. (All) (“They trust in confusion, and speak lies”)

^NASJeremiah 9:3 "And they bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the LORD. (“Lies and not truth prevail in the land”)

⁵ "And everyone deceives his neighbor, And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing iniquity. (“They have taught their tongue to speak lies”)

^NASEzekiel 13:19 "And for handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies."'" (“by your lying to My people who listen to lies”)

^NASEzekiel 21:29 while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you-- to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end. (“they divine lies for you”)

^NASEzekiel 22:28 "And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord God,' when the LORD has not spoken. (“divining lies”)

^NASDaniel 11:27 "As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time. (“both kings … speak lies to each other.”)

^NASHosea 7:3 With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies. (All)

¹³ Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me. (“they speak lies against Me”)

^NASHosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors, (“You have eaten the fruit of lies”)

^NASHosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit; Judah is also unruly against God, Even against the Holy One who is faithful. (“Ephraim surrounds Me with lies”)

^NASHosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt. (Ephraim: “He multiplies lies”)

^NASAmos 2:4 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their lies also have led them astray, Those after which their fathers walked. (Judah: “Their lies also have led them astray”)

^NASMicah 2:11 "If a man walking after wind and falsehood Had told lies and said, 'I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,' He would be spokesman to this people.

^NASMicah 6:12 "For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. (“Her residents speak lies”)

^NASNahum 3:1 Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs. (All)

^NASZephaniah 3:13 "The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they shall feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble." (“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies”)

Lied

^NASLeviticus 6:3 or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do; (Lie for profit.)

^NAS1 Kings 13:18 And he said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him. (Religious lying.)

^NASPsalm 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouth, And lied to Him with their tongue. (All)

^NASIsaiah 57:11 "Of whom were you worried and fearful, When you lied, and did not remember Me, Nor give Me a thought? Was I not silent even for a long time So you do not fear Me? (“When you lied, and did not remember Me.”)

^NASJeremiah 5:12 They have lied about the LORD And said, "Not He; Misfortune will not come on us; And we will not see sword or famine. (Religious lying: “They have lied about the LORD.”)

^NASActs 5:4 "While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God." (“You have not lied to men, but to God.")

Liar

^NASJob 24:25 "Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar, And make my speech worthless?"

^NASProverbs 17:4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips, A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. (All)

^NASProverbs 19:22 What is desirable in a man is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor man than a liar. (“better to be a poor man than a liar”)

^NASProverbs 30:6 Do not add to His words Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar. (All)

⁵⁵ and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I shall be a liar like you, but I do know Him, and keep His word.

^NASRomans 3:4 May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, "That Thou mightest be justified in Thy words, And mightest prevail when Thou art judged."

^NAS1 John 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. (All)

^NAS1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; (All)

²² Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. (“Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?”)

^NAS1 John 4:20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

^NAS1 John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning His Son. (“the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar”)

Liars

^NASPsalm 116:11 I said in my alarm, "All men are liars." (All)

^NAS1 Timothy 1:10 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, (Antithesis: Liars and sound teaching.)

^NAS1 Timothy 4:2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, (“hypocrisy of liars”)

^NASTitus 1:12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." (Sanctified generalization: “Cretans are always liars.”)

^NASRevelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (Relationship: Liars and Lake of Fire.)

Lying

^NASPsalm 31:18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt. (Sanctified idealism: “Let the lying lips be dumb”)

^NASPsalm 109:2 For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. (King David’s enemies: “lying tongue.”)

^NASPsalm 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. (All)

^NASProverbs 6:17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, (Sins that God hates: Lying tongue.)

^NASProverbs 10:18 He who conceals hatred has lying lips, And he who spreads slander is a fool. (“He who conceals hatred has lying lips”)

^NASProverbs 12:19 Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment. (“a lying tongue is only for a moment”)

²² Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal faithfully are His delight. (“Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD”)

^NASProverbs 17:7 Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool; Much less are lying lips to a prince. (All)

^NASProverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death. (Sanctified idealism: “getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor”)

^NASProverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. (“A lying tongue hates those it crushes”)

^NASIsaiah 59:13 Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. (“uttering from the heart lying words”)

^NASEzekiel 13:6 "They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, 'The LORD declares,' when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word. (“They see falsehood and lying divination”)

⁷ "Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, 'The LORD declares,' but it is not I who have spoken?" '" (“a false vision and speak a lying divination”)

⁹ "So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God. (“see false visions and utter lying divinations”)

¹⁹ "And for handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies."'" (“by your lying to My people who listen to lies”)

^NASDaniel 2:9 that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation." (Nebuchadnezzar to wise men: “you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me”.)

^NASZechariah 10:2 For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. (“diviners see lying visions”)

^NASRomans 9:1 I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, (All) (“I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying”)

^NAS2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. (All)

^NASGalatians 1:20 (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.) (All)

^NAS1 Timothy 2:7 And for this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (All)

^NASRevelation 21:27 and nothing unclean and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Antithesis: heaven and lying.)

^NASRevelation 22:15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. (“everyone who loves and practices lying”)

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