The serpent was the craftiest of all the creatures The Lord God had made. So the serpent came to the woman. “Really?” he asked. “None of the fruit in the garden? God says you mustn’t eat any of it?”
Genesis 3:1 (TLB)
“Of course we may eat it,” the woman told him. “It’s only the fruit from the tree at the center of the garden that we are not to eat. God says we mustn’t eat it or even touch it, or we will die.”
Genesis 3:2-3 (TLB)
“That’s a lie!” the serpent hissed. “You’ll not die!”
Genesis 3:4 (TLB)
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.
John 8:44 (ERV)
Truthful words stand the test of time, but lies are soon exposed.
Proverbs 12:19 (NLT)
The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in those who tell the truth.
Proverbs 12:22 (NLT)
The godly hate lies; the wicked cause shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 13:5 (NLT)
For the scriptures say, “If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies.”
I Peter 3:10 (NLT)
Don’t tell lies to each other; it was your old life with all its wickedness that did that sort of thing; now it is dead and gone.
Colossians 3:9 (TLB)
Just as damaging as a madman shooting a deadly weapon is someone who lies to a friend and then says, “I was only joking.”
Proverbs 26:18-19 (NLT)
But The Holy Spirit tell us clearly that in the last times some in the church will turn away from Christ and become eager followers of teachers with devil-inspired ideas. These teachers will tell lies with straight faces and do it so often that their consciences won’t even bother them.
I Timothy 4:1-2 (TLB)
A false witness will not go unpunished and a liar will be destroyed.
Proverbs 19:9 (NLT)
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let satan fill your heart? You lied to The Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”
Acts 5:3-4 (NLT)
As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.
Acts 5:5 (NLT)
He who practices deceit will not dwell in My House, he who tell lies and half-truths will not continue to remain in My Presence.
Psalm 101:7 (AMP)
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his christian brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
I John 4:20 (AMP)
Someone may say, “I am a christian; I am on my way to heaven; I belong to Christ.” But if he doesn’t do what Christ tells him to, he is a liar.
I John 2:4 (TLB)
And who is the greatest liar? The one who says that Jesus is not Christ. Such a person is antichrist, for he does not believe in God The Father and in His Son.
I John 2:22 (TLB)