Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Synonyms for Lying: dishonest, deceitful, false, mendacious, untruthful, deceiving, dissembling, double-dealing, perfidious, two-faced, deceptive, and guileful

Psalms 7:14 (ESV)
Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

Psalms 31:17-18 (ESV)
O Lord, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol. 18. Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

Psalms 78:35-37 (ESV)
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. 36. But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. 37. Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.

Psalms 109:2-4 (ESV)
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. 3. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. 4. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.

Psalms 120:2 (ESV)
Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 4:24 (ESV)
Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18. a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19. a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 10:18-19 (ESV)
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. 19. When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Proverbs 12:19 (ESV)
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:22 (ESV)
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 17:7 (ESV)
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.

Proverbs 21:6 (ESV)
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Proverbs 26:28 (ESV)
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Isaiah 32:7 (ESV)
As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

Jeremiah 8:8 (ESV)
“How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

Ezekiel 13:8 (ESV)
Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God .

Acts 5:3-5 (ESV)
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4. While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.” 5. When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

James 3:14 (ESV)
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

1 John 1:6 (ESV)
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

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