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The 13 most-voted verses about dealing with a liar, from 7 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Proverbs 12:22 (BSB)

Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

Proverbs 12:22 (KJV)

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.

Proverbs 12:22 (WEB)

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Proverbs 19:9 (BSB)

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

Proverbs 19:9 (KJV)

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

Proverbs 19:9 (WEB)

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:16 (BSB)

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 20:16 (KJV)

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:16 (WEB)

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Psalm 101:7 (BSB)

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Psalm 101:7 (KJV)

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

Psalm 101:7 (WEB)

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 12:19 (BSB)

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:19 (KJV)

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

Proverbs 12:19 (WEB)

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

Proverbs 14:5 (BSB)

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 14:5 (KJV)

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Proverbs 14:5 (WEB)

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:5 (BSB)

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 19:5 (KJV)

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Proverbs 19:5 (WEB)

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 (BSB)

A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 (KJV)

A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 (WEB)

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:44 (BSB)

Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

John 8:44 (KJV)

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

John 8:44 (WEB)

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Colossians 3:9 (BSB)

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Colossians 3:9 (KJV)

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

Colossians 3:9 (WEB)

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9 (BSB)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9 (KJV)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9 (WEB)

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:20 (BSB)

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

1 John 4:20 (KJV)

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

1 John 4:20 (WEB)

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 21:8 (BSB)

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 21:8 (KJV)

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 21:8 (WEB)

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