Do Not Lie

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

• Inviolable
• Truth

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

• Uncleanness
• Abomination
• Punishment

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

• Refuge
• Types

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

• Adultery
• Abomination

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

• Covenant

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

• Inviolable
• Truth

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.