Lying
67 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
54 sections
- A Characteristic of the Apostasy
- A Hindrance to Prayer
- An Abomination to God
- Ananias
- Antinomians Guilty of
- Cain
- Cretans
- David
- Excludes from Heaven
- False Prophets Addicted To
- False Witnesses Addicted To
- Folly of Concealing Hatred By
- Forbidden
- Gehazi
- Gibeonites
- Hateful to God
- Hypocrites Addicted To
- Hypocrites, a Seed of
- Jacob
- Job's Friends
- Joseph's Brethren
- Leads to Hatred
- Leads to Love of Impure Conversation
- Lying Spirit from God
- Michal
- Ninevites
- Often Accompanied by Gross Crimes
- Peter
- Poverty Preferable To
- Prophet of Bethel
- Punishment For
- Saints: Avoid
- Saints: Hate
- Saints: Pray to be Preserved From
- Saints: Reject Those Who Practise
- Saints: Respect not Those Who Practise
- Samson
- Sarah
- Saul
- Shall be Detected
- The Devil
- The Devil Excites Men To
- The Devil, the Father of
- The Evil of Rulers Hearkening To
- The Wicked: Addicted To, from Their Infancy
- The Wicked: Bring Forth
- The Wicked: Delight In
- The Wicked: Give Heed To
- The Wicked: Love
- The Wicked: Prepare Their Tongues For
- The Wicked: Seek After
- They Who are Guilty of, Shall be Cast Into Hell
- Unbecoming in Rulers
- Vanity of Getting Riches By
A Characteristic of the Apostasy
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- 1 Timothy 4:2 influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
A Hindrance to Prayer
- Isaiah 59:2–3 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. …
An Abomination to God
- Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Ananias
- Acts 5:5 On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
Antinomians Guilty of
- 1 John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- 1 John 2:4 If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Cain
- 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?”
Cretans
- Titus 1:12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
David
- 1 Samuel 21:2 “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
Excludes from Heaven
- 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.
False Prophets Addicted To
- Jeremiah 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the …
- Ezekiel 22:28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
False Witnesses Addicted To
- Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
- Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Folly of Concealing Hatred By
- Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Forbidden
- Leviticus 19:11 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Gehazi
- 2 Kings 5:22 “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two …
Gibeonites
- Joshua 9:9–13 “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt, …
Hateful to God
- Proverbs 6:16–19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: …
Hypocrites Addicted To
- Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
Hypocrites, a Seed of
- Isaiah 57:4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
Jacob
- Genesis 27:19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Job's Friends
- Job 13:4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Joseph's Brethren
- Genesis 37:31–32 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. …
Leads to Hatred
- Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Leads to Love of Impure Conversation
- Proverbs 17:4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
Lying Spirit from God
- 1 Kings 22:21–23 Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. …
- 2 Chronicles 18:20–22 Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD. …
Michal
- 1 Samuel 19:14 When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
Ninevites
- Nahum 3:1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
Often Accompanied by Gross Crimes
- 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! …
Peter
- Matthew 26:72 And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”
Poverty Preferable To
- Proverbs 19:22 The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.
Prophet of Bethel
- 1 Kings 13:18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
Punishment For
- Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Psalm 120:3–4 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? …
- Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- 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.
Saints: Avoid
- Isaiah 63:8 For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- 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.”
Saints: Hate
- Psalm 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
- Proverbs 13:5 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Saints: Pray to be Preserved From
- Psalm 119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
- Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Saints: Reject Those Who Practise
- Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Saints: Respect not Those Who Practise
- Psalm 40:4 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
Samson
- Judges 16:10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
Sarah
- 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.”
Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
Shall be Detected
- Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
The Devil
- Genesis 3:4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
The Devil Excites Men To
- 1 Kings 22:22 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
- Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
The Devil, the Father of
- John 8:44 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, …
The Evil of Rulers Hearkening To
- Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
The Wicked: Addicted To, from Their Infancy
- Psalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
The Wicked: Bring Forth
- Psalm 7:14 Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
The Wicked: Delight In
- 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
The Wicked: Give Heed To
- Proverbs 17:4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
The Wicked: Love
- Psalm 52:3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
The Wicked: Prepare Their Tongues For
- 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 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
The Wicked: Seek After
- Psalm 4:2 How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
They Who are Guilty of, Shall be Cast Into Hell
- 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.”
Unbecoming in Rulers
- Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Vanity of Getting Riches By
- Proverbs 21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.