100 Bible Verses about Dealing with a Liar

Here are 100 Bible verses about dealing with a liar, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Proverbs 19:9 KJV

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

Proverbs 12:22 KJV

22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Exodus 20:16 KJV

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Matthew 12:36-37 KJV

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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.

Psalm 101:7 KJV

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

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.

Colossians 3:9 KJV

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Proverbs 19:5 KJV

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

Proverbs 12:19 KJV

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

Proverbs 26:28 KJV

28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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?

Proverbs 14:5 KJV

5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

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.

1 John 3:17 KJV

17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

1 John 1:9 KJV

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Luke 17:3 KJV

3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Proverbs 17:4 KJV

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Psalm 120:2 KJV

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 5:6 KJV

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Leviticus 19:11 KJV

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Proverbs 21:6 KJV

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Exodus 23:1 KJV

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

Galatians 5:19-23 KJV

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of …

Proverbs 19:22 KJV

22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

Proverbs 10:18 KJV

18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

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Proverbs 13:5 KJV

5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

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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James 2:24 KJV

24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

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:

Acts 5:3 KJV

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?

Psalm 31:18 KJV

18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Proverbs 24:28 KJV

28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Proverbs 25:18 KJV

18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Psalm 58:3 KJV

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalm 55:23 KJV

23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Proverbs 17:7 KJV

7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

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.

Psalm 119:163 KJV

163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

2 Peter 3:15-16 KJV

15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 KJV

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Proverbs 14:25 KJV

25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Revelation 22:15 KJV

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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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 3:14 KJV

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Romans 3:4 KJV

4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Proverbs 6:16-17 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,

Proverbs 11:1 KJV

1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Psalm 12:2 KJV

2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Deuteronomy 5:20 KJV

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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.

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:

Psalm 119:69 KJV

69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

John 8:55 KJV

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Psalm 119:29 KJV

29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

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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James 1:26 KJV

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Psalm 40:4 KJV

4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Revelation 2:2 KJV

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

1 Timothy 4:2 KJV

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Matthew 15:19 KJV

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Jeremiah 23:32 KJV

32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

Revelation 21:27 KJV

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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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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Psalm 63:11 KJV

11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

Revelation 21:7-8 KJV

7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 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.

Nahum 3:1 KJV

1 Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Proverbs 29:12 KJV

12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Proverbs 26:18-19 KJV

18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Proverbs 11:9 KJV

9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

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.

Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Genesis 3:4 KJV

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

1 John 2:21 KJV

21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Romans 10:3 KJV

3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Hebrews 11:6 KJV

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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1 Timothy 1:10 KJV

10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

Matthew 6:2 KJV

2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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.

Matthew 15:18-20 KJV

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

1 Timothy 4:1-2 KJV

1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Galatians 1:7 KJV

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Ezekiel 13:19 KJV

19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

Proverbs 30:8 KJV

8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Psalm 116:11 KJV

11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Revelation 22:14-15 KJV

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

James 2:21-24 KJV

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by …

Titus 1:2 KJV

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

1 Timothy 1:9-10 KJV

9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

Galatians 3:11 KJV

11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

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, …

Luke 1:37 KJV

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Jude 1:16 KJV

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

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:

Ephesians 4:14 KJV

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Revelation 12:9 KJV

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 KJV

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be …

Proverbs 30:6 KJV

6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Galatians 2:14 KJV

14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?