A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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

Psalm 7:14 (NIV)
Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

Psalm 31:17-18 (NIV)
Let me not be put to shame, Lord, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead. 18. Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

Psalm 78:35-37 (NIV)
They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. 36. But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues; 37. their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.

Psalm 109:2-4 (NIV)
for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. 3. With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 4. In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Psalm 120:2 (NIV)
Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

Proverbs 4:24 (NIV)
Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18. a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19. a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Proverbs 10:18-19 (NIV)
Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. 19. Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

Proverbs 12:19 (NIV)
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 12:22 (NIV)
The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

Proverbs 17:7 (NIV)
Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

Proverbs 21:6 (NIV)
A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

Proverbs 26:28 (NIV)
A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Isaiah 32:7 (NIV)
Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Jeremiah 8:8 (NIV)
 ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?

Jeremiah 23:26-27 (NIV)
How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? 27. They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.

Ezekiel 13:8 (NIV)
“ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign Lord .

Acts 5:3-5 (NIV)
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4. Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.” 5. When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.

James 3:14 (NIV)
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

1 John 1:6 (NIV)
If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

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