Dear friends, dishonesty is a serious sin that separates us from God’s righteousness. When we choose to deceive others through lies, we follow the example of Satan, the father of lies.
Although we may justify small untruths to enhance feelings or to gain advantage, and consider them harmless in God’s eyes. Then we are wrong because the Bible warns that all liars will face eternal judgment.
In the day of reckoning, no false witness or clever excuse will prevent God’s perfect knowledge of every word and deed. But God is ready to forgive and cleanse all who confess their sin and make reparation for the damage caused by their lies.
So instead of dwelling on deception, we must bridle our tongues to speak the truth in love. Honesty strengthens human society while falsehood introduces chaos and division. When we take care to be truthful in every situation, we reflect the holy nature of Christ. Our honesty will also point others to the One who is truth itself, the light that pierces all darkness and deceit.
So let us return from the broad path of dishonesty to the narrow path of truth. Only by God’s grace can we be pure in heart and innocent of tongue, freed from our nature as liars and become new creations who speak the truth.
Proverbs 12:22
“Lying lips are abomination to the Lord : but they that deal truly are his delight”
Proverbs 6:16-19
“These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren”
Ephesians 4:25
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another”
Colossians 3:9-10
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him”
Exodus 20:16
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour”
Proverbs 19:9
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish”
Leviticus 19:11
“Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another”
Psalm 101:7
“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight”
Proverbs 13:5
“A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame”
John 8:44
“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”
Acts 5:3-4
“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? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God”
Proverbs 14:5
“A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies”
Proverbs 17:7
“Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince”
Proverbs 26:28
“A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin”
Proverbs 10:18
“He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool”
Proverbs 20:17
“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel”
Psalm 5:6
“Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man”
Proverbs 21:6
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death”
Jeremiah 9:5
“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”
Hosea 4:2
“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood”
Zechariah 8:16
“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”
Proverbs 12:19
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment”
Proverbs 16:13
“Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right”
Proverbs 25:18
“A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow”
Psalm 120:2
“Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue”
Proverbs 24:28
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips”
Proverbs 11:1
“A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is his delight”
Psalm 109:2
“For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue”
Proverbs 18:21
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”
Proverbs 28:6
“Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich”
Proverbs 29:12
“If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked”
Proverbs 30:8
“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me”
Psalm 34:13
“Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile”
Psalm 52:2-4
“The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue”
Proverbs 4:24
“Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee”
Proverbs 19:5
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape”
Proverbs 19:22
“The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar”
Proverbs 20:23
“Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not good”
Proverbs 21:28
“A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly”
