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100 Bible Verses about Lying And Cheating

Proverbs 12:22 ESV / 584 helpful votes

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 10:9 ESV / 427 helpful votes

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.

Galatians 6:7-8 ESV / 355 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Colossians 3:9 ESV / 319 helpful votes

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

Colossians 3:9-10 ESV / 294 helpful votes

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

Proverbs 6:32 ESV / 292 helpful votes

He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 286 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

James 4:17 ESV / 284 helpful votes

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Luke 6:31 ESV / 282 helpful votes

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Leviticus 19:11 ESV / 267 helpful votes

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Proverbs 12:19 ESV / 263 helpful votes

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 13:5 ESV / 256 helpful votes

The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 247 helpful votes

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

James 1:26 ESV / 231 helpful votes

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 226 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 200 helpful votes

“You shall not commit adultery.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 198 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 197 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 192 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 190 helpful votes

Through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,

Luke 16:10 ESV / 189 helpful votes

“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 187 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Proverbs 24:28 ESV / 187 helpful votes

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 19:22 ESV / 187 helpful votes

What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.

Romans 12:17-21 ESV / 182 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 John 1:6 ESV / 179 helpful votes

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Amos 8:5 ESV / 179 helpful votes

Saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances,

1 Thessalonians 4:6 ESV / 178 helpful votes

That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

Proverbs 20:23 ESV / 177 helpful votes

Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Romans 12:17 ESV / 171 helpful votes

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 170 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Luke 16:10-12 ESV / 165 helpful votes

“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

Psalm 101:7 ESV / 165 helpful votes

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 146 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Isaiah 32:7 ESV / 145 helpful votes

As for the scoundrel—his devices are evil; he plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 144 helpful votes

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 143 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Mark 11:25 ESV / 142 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Proverbs 19:1 ESV / 142 helpful votes

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:5 ESV / 141 helpful votes

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 140 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 140 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Exodus 20:17 ESV / 140 helpful votes

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 139 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Luke 8:17 ESV / 139 helpful votes

For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

Proverbs 19:9 ESV / 139 helpful votes

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

Psalm 119:163 ESV / 139 helpful votes

I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 138 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Luke 6:32-42 ESV / 138 helpful votes

“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. ...

Proverbs 28:6 ESV / 138 helpful votes

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

Proverbs 21:6 ESV / 138 helpful votes

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Proverbs 12:2 ESV / 138 helpful votes

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

Proverbs 20:22 ESV / 137 helpful votes

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 136 helpful votes

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 135 helpful votes

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 135 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 133 helpful votes

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 133 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

Proverbs 14:5 ESV / 133 helpful votes

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

John 8:44 ESV / 132 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Proverbs 17:7 ESV / 132 helpful votes

Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.

Proverbs 20:17 ESV / 129 helpful votes

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

Psalm 58:3 ESV / 128 helpful votes

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

Proverbs 25:18 ESV / 127 helpful votes

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Psalm 5:6 ESV / 127 helpful votes

You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 125 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Proverbs 26:28 ESV / 124 helpful votes

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Hosea 4:2 ESV / 121 helpful votes

There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

James 5:4 ESV / 118 helpful votes

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 117 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Malachi 1:14 ESV / 116 helpful votes

Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.

Deuteronomy 25:13-16 ESV / 114 helpful votes

“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Hosea 12:7 ESV / 113 helpful votes

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Leviticus 19:35-36 ESV / 113 helpful votes

“You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

2 Corinthians 4:2 ESV / 110 helpful votes

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 72 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

John 3:16 ESV / 71 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 15:19 ESV / 71 helpful votes

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 53 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Acts 5:3 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?

Zephaniah 3:13 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”

Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 28 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

Genesis 3:4 ESV / 28 helpful votes

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

Revelation 21:27 ESV / 26 helpful votes

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Revelation 2:2 ESV / 26 helpful votes

“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

Nahum 3:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder— no end to the prey!

1 John 1:9 ESV / 25 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 119:29 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law!

Hebrews 6:18 ESV / 24 helpful votes

So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

Titus 1:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

Proverbs 14:25 ESV / 24 helpful votes

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

Romans 3:4 ESV / 22 helpful votes

By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.”

Jeremiah 9:8 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.

1 Peter 2:1 ESV / 21 helpful votes

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Jeremiah 23:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.

1 John 2:21 ESV / 19 helpful votes

I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Proverbs 24:26 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 18 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 John 1:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

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

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