Proverbs 6:17
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17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)
Psalm 120:2-3
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2 “Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.”
3 What shall be given to you?
And what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
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)
Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
Psalm 101:5
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5 One who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.(A)
Psalm 5:6
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6 You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.(A)
Isaiah 3:9
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9 The look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them,
for they have brought evil on themselves.(A)
Proverbs 21:4
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4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
the lamp of the wicked—are sin.(A)
Deuteronomy 27:25
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25 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)
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John 8:44
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44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A)
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Hosea 4:1-2
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God Accuses Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel,
for the Lord has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or loyalty
and no knowledge of God in the land.(A)
2 Swearing, lying, and murder,
and stealing and adultery break out;
bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Isaiah 3:16
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16 The Lord said:
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
tinkling with their feet;(A)
Proverbs 26:28
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28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)
Psalm 18:27
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27 For you deliver a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.(A)
2 Kings 24:4
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4 and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.(A)
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Deuteronomy 19:10
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10 so that the blood of an innocent person may not be shed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, thereby bringing bloodguilt upon you.(A)
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Isaiah 59:3-7
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3 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.(A)
4 No one brings suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies,
conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.(B)
5 They hatch adders’ eggs
and weave the spider’s web;
whoever eats their eggs dies,
and the crushed egg hatches out a viper.(C)
6 Their webs cannot serve as clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.(D)
7 Their feet run to evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.(E)
Isaiah 2:11
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11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
and the pride of everyone shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(A)
Proverbs 30:13
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13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,
how high their eyelids lift!—(A)
Proverbs 14:5
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5 A faithful witness does not lie,
but a false witness breathes out lies.(A)
Psalm 31:18
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18 Let the lying lips be stilled
that speak insolently against the righteous
with pride and contempt.(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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- 22.15 Or prostitutes
1 Peter 5:5
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”(A)
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- 5.5 Or of those who are older
Proverbs 17:7
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7 Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]
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- 17.7 Or a noble
Proverbs 1:11
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11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(A)
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