100+ Powerful Bible Quotes About Lies and Deceit

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” – Exodus 20:16

“The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.” – Proverbs 12:22

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.” – Proverbs 19:9

“Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.” – Proverbs 12:22

“Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips.” – Proverbs 26:24

“He who speaks lies shall not escape.” – Proverbs 19:5

“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.” – Psalm 34:13

“The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.” – Psalm 58:3

“No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house.” – Psalm 101:7

“Put away lying, each one of you, speak truth with your neighbor.” – Ephesians 4:25

“Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices.” – Colossians 3:9

“Everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” – Revelation 22:15

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” – Jeremiah 17:9

“They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.” – Psalm 12:2

“He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13

“Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel.” – Isaiah 31:1

“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” – Romans 3:13

“This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” – Matthew 15:8

“Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.” – Matthew 15:19

“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every vile practice.” – James 3:16

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” – John 4:24

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” – Psalm 51:10

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.” – Hebrews 10:22

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

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.” – Proverbs 19:5

“Bear false witness against your neighbor” is forbidden in the Ten Commandments. – Exodus 20:16

“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.” – Exodus 23:1

“A false witness speaks lies, and whoever lets loose deceitful words will perish.” – Proverbs 21:28

“By means of patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.” – Proverbs 25:15

“The innocent will be saved from trouble, and the wicked will receive it instead.” – Proverbs 11:8

“Do not accept a false report. Do not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.” – Exodus 23:1

“False witnesses rose up; they asked me of things that I knew not.” – Psalm 27:12

“Let those who were my enemies without cause repay me evil for good.” – Psalm 35:12

“And many false witnesses came forward against Him.” – Matthew 26:60

“But He remained silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, ‘Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?’” – Mark 14:61

“Then the chief priests and elders of the people plotted to put Jesus to death and bound Him and led Him away and delivered Him over to Pilate the governor.” – Matthew 27:1–2

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness.” – Matthew 23:27

“These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” – Matthew 15:8

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?” – Luke 6:46

“They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works.” – Titus 1:16

“For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” – Galatians 6:3

“Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Train yourself for godliness.” – 1 Timothy 4:7

“They love the praise of men more than the praise of God.” – John 12:43

“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” – Luke 12:1

“You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!” – Matthew 23:24

“So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.” – Matthew 23:28

“For they preach, but do not practice.” – Matthew 23:3

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” – Romans 12:9

“Be sure your sin will find you out.” – Numbers 32:23

“There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, nor anything concealed that will not be known.” – Luke 12:2

“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” – 1 John 1:8

“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!” – Psalm 139:23

“For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.” – Ecclesiastes 12:14

“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” – Hebrews 4:13

“The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but He loves him who pursues righteousness.” – Proverbs 15:9

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9

“Let us lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” – Hebrews 12:1

“Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” – 2 Corinthians 7:1

“For even what you do in secret, God sees.” – Matthew 6:4

“A man who deceives his neighbor and says, ‘I was only joking!’—who does not believe him?” – Proverbs 26:19

“The wicked earn deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.” – Proverbs 11:18

“Lying lips will be cut off.” – Proverbs 13:3

“The path of the wicked leads to destruction.” – Proverbs 10:29

“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” – Proverbs 11:2

“Those who deal falsely will not dwell in my house.” – Psalm 101:7

“Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil.” – Proverbs 12:20

“The lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.” – Proverbs 26:28

“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.” – Proverbs 10:9

“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but violence takes lives.” – Proverbs 11:30

“An unjust man digs up evil, but he is hateful to his own soul.” – Proverbs 17:12

“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves cast out.” – Luke 13:28

“Speak the truth, each one of you, with your neighbor.” – Zechariah 8:16

“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” – Proverbs 12:19

“Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’” – Matthew 5:37

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” – John 8:32

“I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your rules before me.” – Psalm 119:30

“The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous rules endures forever.” – Psalm 119:160

“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” – John 17:17

“Walk in truth and integrity.” – 3 John 1:3

“All Your words are true; all Your righteous decrees are eternal.” – Psalm 119:160

“The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.” – Proverbs 8:13

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.” – 1 Peter 2:1

“But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ.” – Ephesians 4:15

“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely.” – Proverbs 10:9

“The righteous man walks in his integrity; his children are blessed after him.” – Proverbs 20:7

“He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.” – Psalm 15:2

“Righteous lips are a delight to kings.” – Proverbs 16:13

“A man of understanding walks straight ahead.” – Proverbs 15:21

“Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.” – Proverbs 13:3

“The tongue of the wise commends knowledge.” – Proverbs 15:2

“A prudent man conceals knowledge.” – Proverbs 12:23

“The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom.” – Proverbs 10:31

“The lips of the righteous feed many.” – Proverbs 10:21

“The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly.” – Proverbs 15:2

“Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.” – Psalm 34:12–13

“And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” – 2 Corinthians 11:14

“See that no one leads you astray.” – Matthew 24:4

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.” – 1 John 4:1

“For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.” – Matthew 24:24

“The time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions.” – 2 Timothy 4:3

“They are of the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.” – 1 John 4:5

“But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.” – 1 Timothy 4:1

“Even now many antichrists have come.” – 1 John 2:18

“Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.” – Mark 13:33

“Let no one deceive you with empty words.” – Ephesians 5:6

“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 11:13

“Test everything; hold fast what is good.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:21

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” – 1 John 1:9

“Return to Me, and I will return to you.” – Malachi 3:7

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” – Psalm 51:10

“Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands.” – Ephesians 4:28

“Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out.” – Acts 3:19

“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” – Isaiah 1:18

“Restore us, O Lord, and we will be restored.” – Lamentations 5:21

“He restores my soul.” – Psalm 23:3

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you.” – 1 Peter 5:6

“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you.” – Psalm 55:22

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” – James 4:8

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17