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Exodus 20, verse 16
   16: Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

Exodus 23, verse 1
   1: Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

Leviticus 6, verses 2 - 7
   2: If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour,
   3: Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
   4: Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,
   5: Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.
   6: Then let him take to the Lord the offering for his wrongdoing; giving to the priest for his offering, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you:
   7: And the priest will take away his sin from before the Lord, and he will have forgiveness for whatever crime he has done

Leviticus 19, verses 11 , 12
   11: Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.
   12: And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19, verse 16
   16: Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

Job 13, verse 4
   4: But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.

Job 21, verse 34
   34: Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

Job 27, verse 4
   4: Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

Job 31, verses 5 , 6
   5: If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;
   6: (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

Job 31, verse 33
   33: If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

Job 36, verse 4
   4: For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

Psalms 5, verse 6
   6: You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

Psalms 5, verse 9
   9: For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Psalms 10, verse 7
   7: His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

Psalms 12, verses 2 , 3
   2: Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
   3: The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

Psalms 28, verse 3
   3: Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

Psalms 31, verse 18
   18: Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Psalms 34, verse 13
   13: Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

Psalms 36, verse 3
   3: In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

Psalms 50, verses 19 , 20
   19: You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
   20: You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

Psalms 52, verses 2 - 5
   2: Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
   3: You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
   4: Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
   5: But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

Psalms 55, verse 21
   21: The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

Psalms 55, verse 23
   23: But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Psalms 58, verse 3
   3: The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

Psalms 59, verse 12
   12: Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

Psalms 62, verse 4
   4: Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

Psalms 63, verse 11
   11: But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

Psalms 101, verse 5
   5: I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

Psalms 101, verse 7
   7: The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.

Psalms 109, verse 2
   2: For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.

Psalms 116, verse 11
   11: Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

Psalms 119, verse 29
   29: Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me your law.

Psalms 119, verse 69
   69: The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.

Psalms 119, verse 163
   163: I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

Psalms 120, verses 2 - 4
   2: O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
   3: What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
   4: Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

Psalms 144, verse 8
   8: In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

Psalms 144, verse 11
   11: Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.

Proverbs 2, verses 12 - 15
   12: Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
   13: Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
   14: Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
   15: Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

Proverbs 3, verse 3
   3: Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

Proverbs 6, verses 12 , 13
   12: A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
   13: Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;

Proverbs 6, verses 17 - 19
   17: Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
   18: A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
   19: A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

Proverbs 10, verses 9 , 10
   9: He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
   10: He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.

Proverbs 10, verse 18
   18: Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

Proverbs 10, verse 31
   31: The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 11, verse 9
   9: With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

Proverbs 12, verse 17
   17: The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

Proverbs 12, verses 19 , 20
   19: True lips are certain for ever, but a false tongue is only for a minute.
   20: Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.

Proverbs 12, verse 22
   22: False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

Proverbs 13, verse 5
   5: The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

Proverbs 14, verse 5
   5: A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

Proverbs 14, verse 8
   8: The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

Proverbs 14, verse 25
   25: A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

Proverbs 17, verse 4
   4: A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

Proverbs 17, verse 7
   7: Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

Proverbs 19, verse 5
   5: A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

Proverbs 19, verse 9
   9: A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Proverbs 19, verse 22
   22: The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

Proverbs 19, verse 28
   28: A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

Proverbs 20, verse 17
   17: Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

Proverbs 21, verse 6
   6: He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

Proverbs 26, verses 18 , 19
   18: As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
   19: So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Proverbs 26, verses 24 - 26
   24: With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
   25: When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:
   26: Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

Proverbs 26, verse 28
   28: A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

Proverbs 27, verse 14
   14: He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

Ecclesiastes 5, verse 6
   6: Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

Isaiah 28, verse 15
   15: Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

Isaiah 32, verse 7
   7: The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

Isaiah 57, verse 11
   11: And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?

Isaiah 59, verses 3 , 4
   3: For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
   4: No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

Isaiah 59, verses 12 , 13
   12: For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:
   13: We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

Isaiah 63, verse 8
   8: For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.

Jeremiah 7, verse 8
   8: See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.

Jeremiah 7, verse 28
   28: And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

Jeremiah 9, verse 3
   3: Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9, verses 5 , 6
   5: Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
   6: There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9, verse 8
   8: His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

Jeremiah 12, verse 6
   6: For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

Jeremiah 50, verse 36
   36: A sword is on the men of pride, and they will become foolish: a sword is on her men of war, and they will be broken.

Ezekiel 22, verse 9
   9: In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

Hosea

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