Here are 100 Bible verses about not telling the truth, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Proverbs 6:16-19 KJV
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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Colossians 3:9-10 KJV
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
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Proverbs 12:22 KJV
22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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John 8:32 KJV
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Ephesians 4:15 KJV
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
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John 14:6 KJV
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Numbers 23:19 KJV
19 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?
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Ephesians 4:25 KJV
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
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John 8:44 KJV
44 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.
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Zechariah 8:16 KJV
16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
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1 John 3:18 KJV
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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Psalm 25:5 KJV
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
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John 4:24 KJV
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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Galatians 4:16 KJV
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
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John 1:14 KJV
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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John 17:17 KJV
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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Revelation 21:8 KJV
8 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.
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James 1:18 KJV
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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John 8:31-32 KJV
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
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Hebrews 6:18 KJV
18 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:
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Proverbs 12:19 KJV
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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Psalm 86:11 KJV
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
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Psalm 43:3 KJV
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
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Exodus 20:16 KJV
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Proverbs 19:5 KJV
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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1 John 2:4 KJV
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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1 John 1:8 KJV
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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1 John 1:6 KJV
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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James 5:12 KJV
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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Hebrews 11:1 KJV
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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Proverbs 28:13 KJV
13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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Romans 1:18 KJV
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
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Jeremiah 13:25 KJV
25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
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Psalm 119:160 KJV
160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
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Colossians 3:9 KJV
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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Ephesians 6:14 KJV
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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Proverbs 14:5 KJV
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
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Psalm 51:6 KJV
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
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Psalm 15:1-2 KJV
1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
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Psalm 5:6 KJV
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
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2 Corinthians 2:17 KJV
17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
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John 14:17 KJV
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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3 John 1:4 KJV
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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John 18:37 KJV
37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
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John 1:17 KJV
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 4:4 KJV
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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Proverbs 14:25 KJV
25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
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Psalm 34:13 KJV
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
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Hebrews 12:14 KJV
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Titus 1:2 KJV
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
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1 Timothy 2:7 KJV
7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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Ephesians 4:29 KJV
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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Ephesians 4:21 KJV
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
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Acts 5:1-11 KJV
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 Whiles it remained, …
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John 17:8 KJV
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
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John 8:46 KJV
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
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Matthew 22:16 KJV
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
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Malachi 2:13-16 KJV
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. …
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Proverbs 24:28 KJV
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …
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Leviticus 19:11 KJV
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
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1 John 2:27 KJV
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
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1 John 1:1-10 KJV
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye …
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2 Corinthians 11:31 KJV
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
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Romans 10:17 KJV
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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John 16:7 KJV
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
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Matthew 5:37 KJV
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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Jeremiah 9:5 KJV
5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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Proverbs 30:6 KJV
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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Proverbs 19:22 KJV
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
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Psalm 15:2-3 KJV
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
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Revelation 1:1-20 KJV
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things …
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1 Peter 3:10 KJV
10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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Ephesians 4:2 KJV
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
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Galatians 1:20 KJV
20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
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John 8:45 KJV
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
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Zephaniah 3:13 KJV
13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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Proverbs 3:3 KJV
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Genesis 20:1-18 KJV
1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife. …
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Genesis 3:4 KJV
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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1 John 2:22 KJV
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
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Ephesians 1:4 KJV
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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2 Corinthians 4:2 KJV
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
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Romans 9:1 KJV
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
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John 14:7 KJV
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
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Matthew 6:5 KJV
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Proverbs 19:9 KJV
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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Proverbs 17:4 KJV
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
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Proverbs 13:5 KJV
5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
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1 John 4:20 KJV
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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1 John 3:6 KJV
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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1 Peter 1:22 KJV
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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1 Timothy 4:2 KJV
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
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Ephesians 4:16 KJV
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
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Ephesians 1:22 KJV
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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John 16:13 KJV
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
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Proverbs 17:7 KJV
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
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Proverbs 16:6 KJV
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
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Proverbs 8:7 KJV
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.