A small twist of the truth, what does it hurt? Is it considered a lie? A tiny fib to keep from trouble, does it matter? According to the Word of God, it does. Here are examples and the results of lies and lying mentioned in the Bible.
Psalm 34:12-13
Colossians 3:9-10
Jeremiah 27:16
Also I said to the priests and to all these people, Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your [false] prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they are prophesying a lie to you.
Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and tell them and cause My people to err and go astray by their lies and by their vain boasting and recklessness — “when I did not send them or command them; nor do they profit these people at all, says the Lord.
1 Timothy 1:9-10
Knowing and understanding this: that the Law is not enacted for the righteous (the upright and just, who are in right standing with God), but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the irreverent and profane, for those who strike and beat and [even] murder fathers and strike and beat and [even] murder mothers, for manslayers, [For] impure and immoral persons, those who abuse themselves with men, kidnapers, liars, perjurers — “and whatever else is opposed to wholesome teaching and sound doctrine.
1 Timothy 4:1-2
But the [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach, Through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized),
1 John 2:4
Whoever says, I know Him [I perceive, recognize, understand, and am acquainted with Him] but fails to keep and obey His commandments (teachings) is a liar, and the Truth [ of the Gospel] is not in him.
Psalm 101:7
He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.
Psalm 52:2-5
Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, and right. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! You love all destroying and devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
Leviticus 19:11-12
You shall not steal, or deal falsely, or lie one to another. And you shall not swear by My name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another.
Proverbs 6:16-19
Isaiah 59:2-3
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to and attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise] withdraw secretly and appropriate to your own use part of the price from the sale of the land?
