Psalm 5:6 (Amplified Bible)
You will destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors [and rejects] the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. Psalm 32:2 (Amplified Bible) Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Psalm 34:13 (Amplified Bible) Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Proverbs 11:18 (Amplified Bible) The wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) shall have a sure reward [permanent and satisfying]. Proverbs 12:17 (Amplified Bible) He who breathes out truth shows forth righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), but a false witness utters deceit. Proverbs 12:20 (Amplified Bible) Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but for the counselors of peace there is joy. Proverbs 13:5 (Amplified Bible) A [consistently] righteous man hates lying and deceit, but a wicked man is loathsome [his very breath spreads pollution] and he comes [surely] to shame. Proverbs 14:25 (Amplified Bible) A truthful witness saves lives, but a deceitful witness speaks lies [and endangers lives]. Proverbs 17:4 (Amplified Bible) An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue. Proverbs 20:17 (Amplified Bible) Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. Proverbs 20:23 (Amplified Bible) Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good. Proverbs 26:24 (Amplified Bible) He who hates pretends with his lips, but stores up deceit within himself. Proverbs 27:6 (Amplified Bible) Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are lavish and deceitful. Mark 7:21-23 (Amplified Bible) For from within, [that is] out of the hearts of men, come base and wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,Coveting (a greedy desire to have more wealth), dangerous and destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained (indecent) conduct; an evil eye (envy), slander (evil speaking, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride (the sin of an uplifted heart against God and man), foolishness (folly, lack of sense, recklessness, thoughtlessness).All these evil [purposes and desires] come from within, and they make the man unclean and render him unhallowed. 1 Peter 2:1 (Amplified Bible) SO BE done with every trace of wickedness (depravity, malignity) and all deceit and insincerity (pretense, hypocrisy) and grudges (envy, jealousy) and slander and evil speaking of every kind. 1 Peter 3:10 (Amplified Bible) For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good--whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). Proverbs 19:5 (Amplified Bible) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape. Proverbs 19:9 (Amplified Bible) A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish. Colossians 3:8-10 (Amplified Bible) But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips! Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old (unregenerate) self with its evil practices, And have clothed yourselves with the new [spiritual self], which is [ever in the process of being] renewed and remolded into [fuller and more perfect knowledge upon] knowledge after the image (the likeness) of Him Who created it. |
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