What Does the Bible Say About Lying?

Lying Is a Sin

  • "Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another" (Ephesians 4:25).
  • "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death" (Revelation 21:8).
  • "A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully" (Proverbs 13:5).
  • Little Lies

What Constitutes a Lie?

Why Do People Tell Lies?

Did God Approve Lying?

Pressure to Tell Lies