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‘Lying’ in the Bible – All 76 Bible Verses / Bible Passages

Here you will find all Bible passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Lying’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to really find all the verses and occurrences.

The term ‘Lying’ comes from 76 times in the Bible. In the following you will find all relevant Bible passages divided according to the corresponding book. Here are the Bible verses about ‘Lying’:

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Daniel

If you do not tell me the dream, that one judgment will come upon you, since you have resolved to speak lying and deceitful words before me until the times change. Tell me the dream so that I know that you can also tell me the interpretation!
Daniel 2:9

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Daniel: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Deuteronomy / 5. Mose

If a man is found slain in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who killed him,
Deuteronomy / 5. Mose 21:1

If anyone is caught lying with a married woman, both the man lying with the woman and the woman shall die. So you shall cut off evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy / 5. Mose 22:22

If a virgin betrothed to a man is found in the city by another man lying with her,
Deuteronomy / 5. Mose 22:23

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Deuteronomy / 5. Mose: 3

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Ezra

So while Ezra was praying and making his confession, weeping and lying before the house of God, a very large congregation of men, women and children from Israel gathered to him; for the people wept greatly.
Ezra 10:1

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Ezra: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Esther

And when the king returned from the garden by the house to the house where they had been drinking the wine, Haman was lying on the cushion on which Esther was sitting. Then said the king: Does he even want to do violence to the queen in my house? Scarcely had the word left the king’s mouth than they covered Haman’s face.
Esther 7:8

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Esther: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Exodus / 2. Mose

And when the dew that was lying there was gone, behold, there was something lying in the wilderness, round and small, as fine as the hoarfrost on the earth.
Exodus / 2. Mose 16:14

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Exodus / 2. Mose: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Ezekiel

For henceforth there shall be no lying vision, nor flattering prophecy in the midst of the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:24

They see deceit and lying divination, they that say, Thus saith the LORD! although the Lord did not send them; and they give them hope that he confirms the word.
Ezekiel 13:6

You profane me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and for a few morsels of bread, to kill souls that should not die and to keep alive souls that should not live, lying to my people, yours listen to lies!
Ezekiel 13:19

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Ezekiel: 3

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Genesis / 1. Mose

And he looked around, and behold, there was a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for the herds had to drink from the well. And a great stone lay over the well’s hole.
Genesis / 1. Mose 29:2

And she left his garment lying by her side until his master came home.
Genesis / 1. Mose 39:16

But when someone opened his sack to feed his donkey in the inn, he saw his money, and behold, it was lying on top of the sack!
Genesis / 1. Mose 42:27

Issachar is a bony donkey lying between the folds;
Genesis / 1. Mose 49:14

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Genesis / 1. Mose: 4

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Job

when they crouch in their dens, lying in wait in the thickets?
Job 38:40

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Job: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Hosea

Cursing and lying, murder, stealing, and adultery have abounded, and bloodguilt joins bloodguilt.
Hosea 4:2

The band of priests are like robbers lying in wait: they kill on the way to Shechem; yes, they have committed crimes!
Hosea 6:9

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Hosea: 2

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in 1. Chronicle

The next day the Philistines came to undress the slain, and found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
1. Chronicle 10:8

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book 1. Chronicle: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in 1. Kings

And behold, as people passed by, they saw the corpse lying on the road, and the lions standing by the corpse, and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
1. Kings 13:25

he went and found his body lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the donkey to pieces.
1. Kings 13:28

He said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. He said: You shall persuade him, and you will also be able to do it! Go out and do so!
1. Kings 22:22

And now, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these of your prophets, and the LORD has decreed disaster upon you.
1. Kings 22:23

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book 1. Kings: 4

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in 1. Samuel

And it came to pass one day that Eli was lying in his place; his eyes had begun to darken so that he could no longer see.
1. Samuel 3:2

The next morning when the Ashodites got up early, behold, they found Dagon lying face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took the Dagon and put it back in its place.
1. Samuel 5:3

And when they got up early the next morning, behold, they found Dagon again lying face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD; but his head and both his hands lay cut off on the threshold, only the body of the fish remained of him.
1. Samuel 5:4

When the messengers came, behold, Teraphim was lying on the bed, and a plait of goats’ hair was on his head.
1. Samuel 19:16

And David arose and came to the place where Saul was encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay with his captain Abner the son of Ner; for Saul was lying in the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.
1. Samuel 26:5

So he brought him down, and behold, they were lying scattered over all the land, eating and drinking and holding feasts, because of all the great spoil they had stolen from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
1. Samuel 30:16

The next day the Philistines came to undress the slain, and found Saul and his three sons lying in Mount Gilboa.
1. Samuel 31:8

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book 1. Samuel: 7

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in 2. Chronicle

And now, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and the LORD hath decreed disaster upon you.
2. Chronicle 18:22

But when Judah came to the lookout point toward the wilderness, and was about to turn against the crowd, behold, the corpses were lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
2. Chronicle 20:24

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book 2. Chronicle: 2

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in 2. Samuel

For when they came into the house, he was lying in his bedchamber on his bed; and they stabbed him to death, and cut off his head, and took his head, and ran down the Jordan valley all night.
2. Samuel 4:7

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book 2. Samuel: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Jeremiah

How dare you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us! Verily yes, the lying pen of the scribes made it a lie!
Jeremiah 8:8

(H9-4) One cheats another, and they do not speak the truth; they have accustomed their tongues to lying; they wear themselves out with injustice.
Jeremiah 8:23

Jeremiah said, You are lying, I will not go over to the Chaldeans. But Jerijah would not believe him, but arrested Jeremiah and brought him before the princes.
Jeremiah 37:14

Azariah the son of Hosaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the bold men said to Jeremiah, You are lying! The LORD our God did not send you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to dwell abroad;
Jeremiah 43:2

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Jeremiah: 4

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Isaiah

Then you will speak, lying on the ground, bowing to the dust in humble speech. Your voice will emerge from the earth like that of a ghost, and your speech will whisper from the dust.
Isaiah 29:4

For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD;
Isaiah 30:9

Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, Speak to your servants in Aramaic; for we understand them well, and do not speak Judah to us in the ears of the people lying on the wall.
Isaiah 36:11

Rabshakeh answered, Has my lord sent me to your lord, or to you, to speak these words? Didn’t he send me to the men lying on the wall eating their dung and drinking their urine with you?
Isaiah 36:12

Your children were faint, lying at the corners of every street like an antelope in a net, and filled with the fierce anger of the LORD and the rebuke of your God.
Isaiah 51:20

Do you think that such a fast pleases me, when a man torments himself for a day, hanging his head like a reed, and lying in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call that a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Isaiah 58:5

namely, that we were unfaithful and hypocritical against the LORD, and turned away from our God, that we spoke violently and rebelliously, that we devised lying words and uttered them in our hearts.
Isaiah 59:13

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Isaiah: 7

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in John

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been with him for a long time, he said to him, Do you want to get well?
John 5:6

bent down and saw the linen cloths lying there, but did not go in.
John 20:5

Then Simon Peter, following him, came and went into the tomb and saw the cloths lying there
John 20:6

When they went ashore, they saw a fire of coals on the ground, and a fish lying on it, and bread.
John 21:9

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book John: 4

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Joshua

The LORD said to Joshua, Arise, why are you lying on your face like this?
Joshua 7:10

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Joshua: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Levitikus

and over those who suffer from their uncleanness, and over those who have a flow, whether male or female, and over a man lying with an unclean woman.
Levitikus 15:33

But the land shall be forsaken by them, and they shall enjoy its sabbaths, lying waste for their sake, and they shall atone for their trespasses, because of this, and because they despised my statutes, and their souls hated my statutes.
Levitikus 26:43

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Levitikus: 2

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Luke

And this be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.
Luke 2:12

And they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.
Luke 2:16

and he saw two ships lying on the shore; but the fishermen had got out and were washing the nets.
Luke 5:2

And straightway he arose before their eyes, took the bed on which he was lying, and went home, and glorified God.
Luke 5:25

A poor man named Lazarus was lying at his door covered with sores.
Luke 16:20

Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down and saw only the linen cloths lying there; and went home amazed at what had happened.
Luke 24:12

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Luke: 6

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Marc

And when she came into her house, she found her daughter lying on the bed, and the demon gone out.
Marc 7:30

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Marc: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Matthew

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven!
Matthew 9:2

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Matthew: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Numbers / 4. Mose

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who were lying on the mountain came and defeated them and scattered them as far as Hormah.
Numbers / 4. Mose 14:45

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Numbers / 4. Mose: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Psalms

(H31-19) The lying mouths shall be shut up, that speak insolently against the righteous, with pride and contempt!
Psalms 31:29

(H56-7) they gang up, eavesdropping in secret, watching my steps and lying in wait for my life.
Psalms 56:7

(H62-5) Only from his height do they plan to cast him down; they delight in lying; with their mouth they bless, but in their hearts they curse. (Break.)
Psalms 62:5

(H63-12) But the king shall rejoice in God; whoever swears by him will count himself lucky; but every lying mouth is stopped!
Psalms 63:22

For my enemies speak of me, and those lying in wait for my soul take counsel with one another
Psalms 71:10

Lord, save my soul from lying mouths, from false tongues!
Psalms 120:2

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Psalms: 6

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Judges

When her master got up in the morning and opened the door of the house and went out to go his way, behold, his concubine was lying at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold.
Judges 19:27

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Judges: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Romans

But if the truth of God abounds in my lying to his glory, what else am I judged as a sinner?
Romans 3:7

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Romans: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Ruth

Now when it was midnight, the man was terrified and turned, and behold a woman lying at his feet! Then he asked: Who are you?
Ruth 3:8

Scriptures related to Lying in the biblical book Ruth: 1

Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in Proverbs

Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, and whoever speaks slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18

No presumptuous speech suits a fool, any more than lying speech to a prince.
Proverbs 17:7

Whoever acquires treasure with a lying tongue pursues the wind and seeks death.
Proverbs 21:6

A lying witness perishes; but an ear witness may speak again and again.
Proverbs 21:28

you will be like one who sleeps on the sea and like one lying in the masthead.
Proverbs 23:34

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a smooth mouth causes destruction.
Proverbs 26:28

If a prince pays attention to lying words, all his servants become ungodly.
Proverbs 29:12

Remove falsehood and lying word from me; Do not give me poverty and riches, feed me with the bread that has been given me,
Proverbs 30:8

Number of the word / term ‘Lying’ in Proverbs: 8

These Bible verses are from a 1951 translation of the Royalty Free Schlachter Translation.

Number of Bible verses found on the topic: 76

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