Proverbs 12:22
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22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
but those who act faithfully are his delight.(A)
Psalm 5:6
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6 You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.(A)
Revelation 22:15
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15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral[a] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(A)
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Proverbs 11:20
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20 Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord,
but those of blameless ways are his delight.(A)
Proverbs 6:16-17
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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)
Jeremiah 9:24
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24 but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 9:15
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15 elders and dignitaries are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail,(A)
Proverbs 11:1
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11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is his delight.(A)
Ezekiel 13:22
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22 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,(A)
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Proverbs 15:8
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8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)
Ezekiel 13:19
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19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death those who should not die and keeping alive those who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.(A)
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Revelation 21:8
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8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless,[a] the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral,[b] the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”(A)
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