17 Bible Verses about Telling a Lie (KJV)

Here are 17 Bible verses about telling a lie, 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

¹⁶These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: ¹⁷A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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Proverbs 12:19 KJV

¹⁹The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Ephesians 4:25 KJV

²⁵Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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Proverbs 19:5 KJV

⁵A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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Colossians 3:9-10 KJV

⁹Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; ¹⁰And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

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Deuteronomy 5:20 KJV

²⁰Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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Proverbs 19:9 KJV

⁹A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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1 John 2:4 KJV

⁴He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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Exodus 23:1 KJV

¹Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Matthew 19:18 KJV

¹⁸He 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,

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Revelation 21:8 KJV

⁸But 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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Numbers 23:19 KJV

¹⁹God 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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Exodus 20:16 KJV

¹⁶Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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John 14:15 KJV

¹⁵If ye love me, keep my commandments.

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John 8:44 KJV

⁴⁴Ye 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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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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John 3:17 KJV

¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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