Quotes about Lies
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
— Proverbs 12:19
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
— Proverbs 14:5
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
— Proverbs 14:25
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
— Proverbs 17:4
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
— Proverbs 19:5
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
— Proverbs 29:12
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
— Isaiah 9:15
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
— Isaiah 28:15
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
— Isaiah 28:17
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
— Isaiah 32:7
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
— Isaiah 59:3
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
— Isaiah 59:4