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Lying
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 20:16
These 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 heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 6:16-19
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. Proverbs 12:22
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. Proverbs 14:25
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Proverbs 19:9
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Proverbs 24:28
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Proverbs 25:18
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie 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 image of him that created him: Colossians 3:8-10
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Matthew 15:18-20
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. Deuteronomy 19:18-19 (Note: Levitical law)
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