Exodus 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour [NCV™: You must not tell lies about your neighbor].
Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness [NCV™: You must not tell lies. If you are a witness in court, don't help a wicked person by telling lies].
Exodus 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter [NCV™: You must not lie when you accuse someone in court]; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely [NCV™: You must not make a false promise by my name], neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour [NCV™: You must not tell lies about your neighbor].
Psalms 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile [NIV: your lips from speaking lies; NCV™: you must not tell lies].
Proverbs 4:24 Don't use your mouth to tell lies; don't ever say things that are not true. (NCV™)
Proverbs 24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips [NCV™: Don't say things that are false].
Matthew 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness [NIV: do not give false testimony; NCV™: you must not tell lies about your neighbor],
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness [NIV: do not give false testimony; NCV™: You must not tell lies about your neighbor], Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Luke 3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Luke 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely [NCV™: and don't lie about them]; and be content with your wages.
Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness [NCV™: You must not tell lies about your neighbor], Honour thy father and thy mother.
Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying [GNT: all these, and any others besides, are summed up in the one command], namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another [NCV™: So you must stop telling lies. Tell each other the truth, because we all belong to each other in the same body].
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another [NCV™: Do not lie to each other], seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
1 Peter 1:17 You pray to God and call him Father, and he judges each person's work equally. So while you are here on earth, you should live with respect for God.
18 You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.
1 Peter 2:1 So then, rid yourselves of all evil, all lying, hypocrisy, jealousy, and evil speech. (NCV™)
1 Peter 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth [NCV™: He had never sinned, and he had never lied]:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile [NCV™: He must not say evil things, and he must not tell lies]:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie [NCV™: no one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever go into it]: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars [NCV™: But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies], shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie [NCV™: who love lies and tell lies].
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
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