Bible Verses About Falsehood

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

When his speech is charming, don’t believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.

No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.

For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.

Hear the LORD’s word, you children of Israel; for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

“Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’