Falsehood
160 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
45 sections
- Aaron, in Attempting to Shift Responsibility for the Making of the Golden Calf
- Abraham, in Denying That Sarah Was his Wife
- Adam and Eve, in Attempting to Evade Responsibility
- Ananias and Sapphira Falsely State That They had Sold Their Land for a Given Sum
- Cain, in Denying Knowledge of his Brother
- David in Feigning Madness
- David Lied to Ahimelech
- David's Other Deceits with the Philistines
- Ehud
- Falsely Accusing Jesus of Blasphemy, when he Forgave Sin
- Gehazi, when he Ran After Naaman
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Haman, in his Conspiracy Against the Jews
- Hazael
- Herod the Great, to the Wise Men, in Professing to Desire to Worship Jesus
- Isaac, Denying That Rebekah Was his Wife
- Jacob's Sons, in the Scheme to Destroy the Shechemites by First Having Them Circumcised
- Jehu Lied to the Worshipers of Baal in Order to Gain the Advantage Over Them and Destroy Them
- Jeremiah's Adversaries, in Accusing Him of Joining the Chaldeans
- Jeroboam's Wife, Feigning Herself to be Another Woman
- Joseph, in the Deception he Carried on with his Brothers
- Joseph's Brothers, in Deceiving Their Father Into a Belief That Joseph Was Killed by Wild Beasts
- Michal, in the False Statement That David Was Sick, in Order to Save Him from Saul's Violence
- Paul's Traducers, Falsely Accusing Him of Treason to Caesar
- Peter, in Denying Jesus
- Pharaoh, in Dealing Deceitfully with the Israelites
- Potiphar's Wife, in Falsely Accusing Joseph
- Princes of Israel, when They Went to Jeremiah for a Vision from the Lord
- Rahab, in Denying That the Spies Were in Her House
- Rebekah and Isaac, in the Conspiracy Against Esau
- Samaritans, in Their Efforts to Hinder the Rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem
- Sanballat in Trying to Obstruct the Rebuilding of Jerusalem
- Saul
- Sisera, Who Instructed Jael to Mislead his Pursuers
- Stephen's Accusers, Who Falsely Accused Him of Blaspheming Moses and God
- The Amalekite Who Claimed to Have Killed Saul
- The Conspirators Against Naboth
- The Cretans are Always Liars, Evil Beasts, Slow Bellies
- The Disobedient Son, Who Promised to Work in the Vineyard, but did Not
- The Falsehood of Friendship to Absalom That David Put in the Mouth of Hushai
- The Old Prophet of Beth-El Who Misguided the Prophet of Judah
- The Roman Soldiers, Who Said the Disciples Stole the Body of Jesus
- The Wife of the Bahurimite Who Saved the Lives of Hushai's Messengers
- To the Angels, Denying Her Derisive Laugh of Unbelief
- Zedekiah, in Violating his Oath of Allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer
Aaron, in Attempting to Shift Responsibility for the Making of the Golden Calf
- Exodus 32:1–24 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do …
Abraham, in Denying That Sarah Was his Wife
- Genesis 12:11–19 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman, …
- Genesis 20:2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Adam and Eve, in Attempting to Evade Responsibility
- Genesis 3:12–13 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” …
Ananias and Sapphira Falsely State That They had Sold Their Land for a Given Sum
- Acts 5:1–10 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. …
Cain, in Denying Knowledge of his Brother
- Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
David in Feigning Madness
- 1 Samuel 21:13–15 So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard. …
David Lied to Ahimelech
- 1 Samuel 21:1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
David's Other Deceits with the Philistines
- 1 Samuel 27:8–12 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.) …
Ehud
- Judges 3:16–23 Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak …
Falsely Accusing Jesus of Blasphemy, when he Forgave Sin
- Matthew 9:2–6 Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.” …
- Mark 2:7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- Luke 5:21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Gehazi, when he Ran After Naaman
- 2 Kings 5:20–24 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” …
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Leviticus 6:2–7 “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor …
- Leviticus 19:11–12 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another. …
- Leviticus 19:16 You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- Job 13:4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
- Job 21:34 So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
- Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
- Job 31:5–6 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, …
- Job 31:33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Job 36:4 For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
- Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Psalm 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Psalm 12:2–3 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. …
- Psalm 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
- Psalm 31:18 May lying lips be silenced — lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
- Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalm 50:19–20 You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. …
- Psalm 52:2–5 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. …
- Psalm 55:21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Psalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalm 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Psalm 62:4 They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalm 63:11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
- Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- Psalm 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
- Psalm 116:11 In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Psalm 119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
- Psalm 119:69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
- Psalm 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
- Psalm 120:2–4 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. …
- Psalm 144:8 whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Psalm 144:11 Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Proverbs 2:12–15 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity, …
- Proverbs 3:3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Proverbs 6:12–13 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, …
- Proverbs 6:17–19 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, …
- Proverbs 10:9–10 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. …
- Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
- Proverbs 11:9 With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.
- Proverbs 12:17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
- Proverbs 12:19–20 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. …
- Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
- Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
- Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
- Proverbs 17:4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
- Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Proverbs 19:22 The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
- Proverbs 19:28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
- Proverbs 20:17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
- Proverbs 21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
- Proverbs 26:18–19 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, …
- Proverbs 26:24–26 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. …
- Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- Proverbs 27:14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
- Isaiah 28:15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Isaiah 32:7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- Isaiah 57:11 Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
- Isaiah 59:3–4 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. …
- Isaiah 59:12–13 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities: …
- Isaiah 63:8 For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Jeremiah 7:8 But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
- Jeremiah 7:28 Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
- Jeremiah 9:3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:5–6 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity. …
- Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Jeremiah 12:6 Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- Jeremiah 50:36 A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
- Ezekiel 22:9 Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
- Hosea 4:1–2 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! …
- Obadiah 7 All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.
- Micah 6:12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
- Nahum 3:1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
- Matthew 25:44–46 And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ …
- John 8:44–45 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, …
- Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- 1 Timothy 1:9–10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, …
- 1 Timothy 4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
- 1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
- 1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Revelation 22:15 But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Haman, in his Conspiracy Against the Jews
- Esther 3:8 Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it …
Hazael
- 2 Kings 8:7–15 Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.” …
Herod the Great, to the Wise Men, in Professing to Desire to Worship Jesus
- Matthew 2:8 And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
Isaac, Denying That Rebekah Was his Wife
- Genesis 26:7–10 But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is …
Jacob's Sons, in the Scheme to Destroy the Shechemites by First Having Them Circumcised
- Genesis 34:1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
Jehu Lied to the Worshipers of Baal in Order to Gain the Advantage Over Them and Destroy Them
- 2 Kings 10:18–28 Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot. …
Jeremiah's Adversaries, in Accusing Him of Joining the Chaldeans
- Jeremiah 37:13–15 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!” …
Jeroboam's Wife, Feigning Herself to be Another Woman
- 1 Kings 14:5–7 But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.” …
Joseph, in the Deception he Carried on with his Brothers
- Genesis 42:1 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
- Genesis 43:1 Now the famine was still severe in the land.
- Genesis 44:1 Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
Joseph's Brothers, in Deceiving Their Father Into a Belief That Joseph Was Killed by Wild Beasts
- Genesis 37:29–35 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes, …
Michal, in the False Statement That David Was Sick, in Order to Save Him from Saul's Violence
- 1 Samuel 19:12–17 So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. …
Paul's Traducers, Falsely Accusing Him of Treason to Caesar
- Acts 16:20–21 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil …
- Acts 17:5–7 The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people. …
- Acts 24:5 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Acts 25:7–8 When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove. …
Peter, in Denying Jesus
- Matthew 26:69–75 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said. …
- Mark 14:68–71 But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed. …
- Luke 22:56–62 A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said. …
- John 18:25–27 Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” …
Pharaoh, in Dealing Deceitfully with the Israelites
- Exodus 7:1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Exodus 8:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 9:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
- Exodus 11:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
- Exodus 12:1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Potiphar's Wife, in Falsely Accusing Joseph
- Genesis 39:14–17 she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could. …
Princes of Israel, when They Went to Jeremiah for a Vision from the Lord
- Jeremiah 42:20 For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
Rahab, in Denying That the Spies Were in Her House
- Joshua 2:4–6 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from. …
Rebekah and Isaac, in the Conspiracy Against Esau
- Genesis 27:6–24 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau, …
- Genesis 27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Samaritans, in Their Efforts to Hinder the Rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem
- Ezra 4:1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
Sanballat in Trying to Obstruct the Rebuilding of Jerusalem
- Nehemiah 6:1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left— though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:1–26 Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. …
Sisera, Who Instructed Jael to Mislead his Pursuers
- Judges 4:20 “Stand at the entrance to the tent,” he said, “and if anyone comes and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say, ‘No.’”
Stephen's Accusers, Who Falsely Accused Him of Blaspheming Moses and God
- Acts 6:11–14 Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” …
The Amalekite Who Claimed to Have Killed Saul
- 2 Samuel 1:10–12 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.” …
The Conspirators Against Naboth
- 1 Kings 21:7–13 But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” …
The Cretans are Always Liars, Evil Beasts, Slow Bellies
- Titus 1:12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
The Disobedient Son, Who Promised to Work in the Vineyard, but did Not
- Matthew 21:30 Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
The Falsehood of Friendship to Absalom That David Put in the Mouth of Hushai
- 2 Samuel 15:34–37 But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’ …
The Old Prophet of Beth-El Who Misguided the Prophet of Judah
- 1 Kings 13:11–22 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king. …
The Roman Soldiers, Who Said the Disciples Stole the Body of Jesus
- Matthew 28:13 and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
- Matthew 28:15 So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
The Wife of the Bahurimite Who Saved the Lives of Hushai's Messengers
- 2 Samuel 17:15–22 So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised. …
To the Angels, Denying Her Derisive Laugh of Unbelief
- Genesis 18:15 But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
Zedekiah, in Violating his Oath of Allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Ezekiel 16:59 For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
- Ezekiel 17:15–20 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’ …
Related topics
Falsehood in Denying to the King of Gerar, That She Was Abraham's WifeFalsehood in his False Pretensions to JesusFalsehood in Impugning Job's Motives for Being RighteousFalsehood in Accusing Ahimelech of Conspiring with David Against HimselfFalsehood in Deceiving EveFalsehood in False Professions to Absalom
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.