Bible verses about lying and honesty.

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All 173 verses about lying and honesty.

• Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
• Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• Proverbs 6:16-19These 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…
• Colossians 3:9-10Lie 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…
• Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
• Proverbs 11:3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
• Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
• Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
• John 8:44-45Ye 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…
• Deuteronomy 25:13-16Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou…
• Exodus 20:15Thou shalt not steal.
• Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Leviticus 19:11-12Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name…
• Psalms 101:7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
• Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that…
• Leviticus 6:1-7And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered…
• 1 Corinthians 6:10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• Exodus 21:16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
• Exodus 22:1-8If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief be…
• Proverbs 30:8-9Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say…
• John 10:10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
• Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
• Psalms 5:6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
• Psalms 52:2-5Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak…
• Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
• Psalms 62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
• Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
• Psalms 119:163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
• Psalms 120:2-4Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false…
• Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
• Proverbs 12:19-20The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the…
• Proverbs 13:5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
• Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
• Proverbs 14:25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
• Proverbs 17:4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Proverbs 19:22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
• Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
• Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
• Isaiah 63:8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
• Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and…
• Jeremiah 9:5-6And 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…
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
• Hosea 4:1-2Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor…
• Zephaniah 3:13The 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…
• Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their…
• Revelation 21:27And 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…
• Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
• Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• 1 Kings 22:22And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou…
• Job 21:34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
• Job 36:4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
• Psalms 7:14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
• Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
• Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
• Psalms 34:13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
• Psalms 40:4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
• Psalms 50:19-20Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
• Psalms 55:23But 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…
• Psalms 59:12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
• Psalms 63:11But 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.
• Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
• Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
• Psalms 144:8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
• Psalms 144:11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
• Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
• Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
• Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
• Proverbs 20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
• Proverbs 26:24-26He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations…
• Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it…
• Isaiah 32:7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
• Isaiah 57:4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of…
• Isaiah 57:11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even…
• Isaiah 59:2-3But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are…
• Isaiah 59:3-4For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None…
• Isaiah 59:12-13For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we…
• Jeremiah 7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
• Jeremiah 7:28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is…
• Jeremiah 9:8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
• Hosea 11:12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
• Micah 6:12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
• 1 Timothy 1:9-10Knowing 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…
• 1 Timothy 4:2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
• 1 Peter 3:10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
• 1 Peter 3:16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in…
• Proverbs 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
• Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment…
• Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be…
• Leviticus 19:35-36Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall…
• Deuteronomy 16:19-20Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words…
• Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
• Job 27:4-6My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity…
• Job 31:1-40I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the…
• Psalms 7:8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
• Psalms 15:1-5[A Psalm of David.] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness…
• Psalms 24:3-5Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up…
• Psalms 26:1-3[A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Examine me…
• Psalms 119:121[AIN.] I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
• Proverbs 1:3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
• Proverbs 3:3-4Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good…
• Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
• Proverbs 16:11A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
• Proverbs 20:7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
• Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
• Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
• Proverbs 21:3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
• Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
• Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
• Isaiah 33:15-16He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that…
• Isaiah 56:1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
• Ezekiel 18:5But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
• Ezekiel 18:7-9And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath…
• Ezekiel 45:10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
• Micah 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy…
• Zechariah 7:9Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
• Malachi 2:6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from…
• Mark 10:19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and…
• Luke 3:13-14And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And…
• Romans 9:1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
• 2 Corinthians 4:1-2Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in…
• 2 Corinthians 8:21Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
• Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward…
• Titus 1:7-8For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; But…
• Hebrews 13:18Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
• 1 Peter 2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall…
• Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
• Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
• Psalms 119:61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
• Proverbs 21:7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
• Jeremiah 2:26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,
• Jeremiah 7:9-10Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and…
• Nahum 3:1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
• Zechariah 5:3-4Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this…
• Matthew 6:19-20Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for…
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
• John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
• Romans 13:9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if…
• 1 Peter 4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
• Revelation 9:21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
• Exodus 22:10-15If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it…
• Deuteronomy 5:19Neither shalt thou steal.
• Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
• Job 24:14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
• Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
• Proverbs 6:30-31Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the…
• Proverbs 29:24Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
• Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither…
• Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob…
• Isaiah 61:8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with…
• Jeremiah 23:30Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
• Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger…
• Hosea 4:2-3By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn…
• Hosea 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
• Amos 3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
• Obadiah 1:5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to…
• Matthew 19:18He 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…
• Matthew 21:13And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
• Matthew 27:38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
• Matthew 27:44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
• Mark 7:21-22For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit…
• Mark 11:17And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
• Mark 15:27And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
• Luke 12:33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth…
• Luke 18:20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
• Luke 19:45-46And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the…
• John 10:8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
• Romans 2:21Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
• Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief…

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