Genesis 27:24
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Colossians 3:9
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9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
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Ephesians 4:25
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Do Not Grieve the Spirit
25 Therefore, putting away lying, (A)“Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for (B)we are members of one another.
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Romans 3:7-8
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7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, (A)“Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their [a]condemnation is just.
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- Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment
Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things you shall (A)do:
(B)Speak each man the truth to his neighbor;
Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
Proverbs 30:8
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8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
(A)Feed me with the food allotted to me;
Proverbs 12:22
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22 (A)Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal truthfully are His delight.
Proverbs 12:19
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19 The truthful lip shall be established forever,
(A)But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Job 15:5
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5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Job 13:7-8
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7 (A)Will you speak [a]wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?
8 Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
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- Job 13:7 unrighteously
2 Samuel 14:5
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5 Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?”
And she answered, (A)“Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.
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1 Samuel 27:10
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10 Then Achish would say, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David would say, “Against the southern area of Judah, or against the southern area of (A)the Jerahmeelites, or against the southern area of (B)the Kenites.”
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1 Samuel 21:13
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13 So (A)he changed his behavior before them, pretended [a]madness in their hands, [b]scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard.
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- 1 Samuel 21:13 insanity
- 1 Samuel 21:13 scribbled
1 Samuel 21:2
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2 So David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, ‘Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.’ And I have directed my young men to such and such a place.
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