Bible Dictionary: Lie

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

An intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Timothy 1:9, 10; Revelation 21:27; 22:15). Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Genesis 12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (26:7), and Jacob (27:24); also by the Hebrew midwives (Exodus 1:15-19), by Michal (1 Samuel 19:14), and by David (1 Samuel 20:6). (see ANANIAS.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) To recline; also, to speak a falsehood.

2. (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.

3. (n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.

4. (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.

5. (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

6. (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.

7. (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

8. (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

9. (adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.

10. (adj.) To lodge; to sleep.

11. (adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

12. (adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

13. (n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LIE; LYING

li, (sheqer (usually, e.g. Isaiah 9:15 Zechariah 13:3), or kazabh verb (Job 34:6 Micah 2:11); pseudos (John 8:44 Revelation 21:27), "to speak falsely," "to fabricate," "to make a false statement"; pseudomai, in Acts 5:3, 1):

1. Lying Defined:

In its very essence, a lie is something said with intent to deceive. It is not always a spoken word that is a lie, for a life lived under false pretenses, a hypocritical life, may be a lie equally with a false word (Jeremiah 23:14). A vain thing, like an idol, may be a lie (Isaiah 59:4), as also a false system (Romans 3:7). Error, as opposed to truth, is a lie (1 John 2:21). The denial of the deity of Jesus Christ is regarded as "the" lie (1 John 2:22).

The origin of lies and lying is traced to Satan who is called "a liar, and the father thereof" (John 8:44 Acts 5:3). Satan's dealing with Eve (Genesis 3) furnishes us with a splendid illustration of the first lie, so far as we have any record of it.

2. A Racial Sin:

The whole race is guilty of this sin: "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies" (Psalm 58:3). It is a part of the old Adamic nature, "the old man" (Colossians 3:9), which the believer in Jesus Christ is called upon to put off. So prominent a factor is it in the experience of the race that among the condensed catalogue of sins, for the commission of which men are finally condemned, the sin of lying finds its place: "All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone" (Revelation 21:8 the King James Version).

3. God's Attitude to It:

God's attitude toward this sin is strongly marked throughout both the Old Testament and New Testament. The righteous are called upon to hate lying (Proverbs 13:5), to avoid it (Zechariah 3:13), to respect not those who lie, and utterly reject their company (Psalm 40:4; Psalm 101:7), to pray to be delivered from it (Psalm 119:29). The wicked are said to love lying (Psalm 52:3), to delight in it (Psalm 62:4), to seek after it (Psalm 4:2), and to give heed to it (Proverbs 17:4). Lying leads to worse crimes (Hosea 4:1, 2).

4. The Penalty:

The punishment to be meted out to liars is of the severest kind. They are positively and absolutely excluded from heaven (Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:15), and those who are guilty of this sin are cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8). We are reminded of the awful fate meted out to Ananias and Sapphira when they lied to God and man (Acts 5:1-11). God will "destroy them that speak lies" (Psalm 5:6), and "he that uttereth lies shall not escape" (Proverbs 19:5), yea "a sword is upon the liars" (Jeremiah 50:36 the King James Version). The liar is thereby debarred from rendering any true and acceptable worship unto the Lord (Psalm 24:4).

The Scriptures abound with illustrations of lying and the results and penalties therefor. A careful study of these illustrations will reveal the subtlety of falsehood. Sometimes a lie is a half-truth, as set forth in the story of Satan's temptation of Eve (Genesis 3). Cain's lie (Genesis 4:9) was of the nature of an evasive answer to a direct question. Jacob's deception of his father, in order that he might inherit the blessing of the firstborn, was a barefaced and deliberate lie (Genesis 27:19). The answer which Joseph's brethren gave to their father when he asked them concerning the welfare of their brother Joseph is an illustration, as well as a revelation, of the depth of the wickedness of hearts that deliberately set themselves to falsify and deceive (Genesis 37:31, 32). Even good men are sometimes overtaken in a lie, which, of course, is no more excusable in them than in the wicked; indeed, it is more shameful because the righteous are professed followers of the truth (David in 1 Samuel 21:2). What more striking example of the heinousness of lying in the sight of God can we have than the fate which befell Gehazi who, in order to satisfy a covetous desire for possessions, misrepresented his master Elisha to Naaman the Syrian whom the prophet had healed of his leprosy: "The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow" (2 Kings 5:22-27)? The story of Peter's denial of his Lord, and his persistent asseverations that he did not know Him and was not one of His followers, makes us shudder to think that it is possible for a follower of Christ so far to forget himself as not only to lie, but buttress lying with swearing (Matthew 26:72).

5. Pseudos United with Other Words:

Throughout the Scriptures we find pseudos joined to other words, e.g. "false apostles" (pseudapostolos, 2 Corinthians 11:13), so called probably because a true apostle delivers the message of another, namely, God, while these "false apostles" cared only for self. Such are from Satan, and, like him, they transform themselves into angels of light, and sail under false colors. We read also of "false prophets" (pseudoprophetes, Matthew 7:15; compare Jeremiah 23:16),thereby meaning those who falsely claim to bring messages from God and to speak in behalf of God. Mention is made also of "false brethren" (pseudadelphos, 2 Corinthians 11:26), meaning Judaizing teachers, as in Galatians 2:4; "false teachers" (pseudodidaskalos, 2 Peter 2:1), men whose teaching was false and who falsely claimed the teacher's office. We read further of "false witnesses" (pseudomartus, Matthew 26:60); by such are meant those who swear falsely, and testify to what they know is not true. So, too, we find mention of the "false Christs" (pseudochristoi, Matthew 24:24 Mark 13:22). This personage does not so much deny the existence of a Christ, but rather, on the contrary, builds upon the world's expectations of such a person, and falsely, arrogantly, blasphemously asserts they he is the Christ promised and foretold. It is the Antichrist who denies that there is a Christ; the false Christ affirms himself to be the Christ. Of course there is a sense in which the man of sin will be both Antichrist and a false Christ.

SeeCHRISTS, FALSE; FALSE PROPHETS; FALSE SWEARING, FALSE WITNESS.

William Evans

Greek

5574. pseudomai -- to lie
... to lie. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pseudomai Phonetic Spelling:
(psyoo'-dom-ahee) Short Definition: I lie Definition: I deceive, lie, speak falsely. ...
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2749. keimai -- to be laid, lie
... to be laid, lie. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: keimai Phonetic Spelling:
(ki'-mahee) Short Definition: I lie, recline, am laid Definition: I lie, recline ...
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5579. pseudos -- a falsehood, untruth, lie
... a falsehood, untruth, lie. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pseudos
Phonetic Spelling: (psyoo'-dos) Short Definition: a lie Definition: a lie ...
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5582. pseusma -- a lie, falsehood
... a lie, falsehood. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pseusma Phonetic
Spelling: (psyoos'-mah) Short Definition: a falsehood, lie Definition: a ...
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2621. katakeimai -- to lie down, recline
... to lie down, recline. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katakeimai Phonetic
Spelling: (kat-ak'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I recline, am lying ill Definition ...
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3873. parakeimai -- to lie beside, be present
... to lie beside, be present. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: parakeimai Phonetic
Spelling: (par-ak'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I am present with, rest with ...
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1945. epikeimai -- to lie on
... to lie on. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epikeimai Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ik'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I lie upon, am insistent Definition: (a) dat: ...
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480. antikeimai -- to lie opposite, ie oppose, withstand
... to lie opposite, ie oppose, withstand. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antikeimai
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tik'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I resist, oppose ...
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4029. perikeimai -- to lie around
... to lie around. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: perikeimai Phonetic Spelling:
(per-ik'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I surround, am surrounded with Definition ...
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1748. enedreuo -- to lie in wait for, to plot
... to lie in wait for, to plot. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: enedreuo Phonetic
Spelling: (en-ed-ryoo'-o) Short Definition: I lie in wait for, seek to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7901. shakab -- to lie down
... 7900, 7901. shakab. 7902 . to lie down. Transliteration: shakab Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-kab') Short Definition: slept. Word Origin a prim. ...
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693. arab -- to lie in wait
... 692, 693. arab. 694 . to lie in wait. Transliteration: arab Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-rab') Short Definition: ambush. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7257. rabats -- stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out
... 7256, 7257. rabats. 7258 . stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out.
Transliteration: rabats Phonetic Spelling: (raw-bats') Short Definition: down. ...
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7250. raba -- to lie stretched out, lie down
... 7249, 7250. raba. 7251 . to lie stretched out, lie down. Transliteration: raba
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-bah') Short Definition: mate. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3576. kazab -- to lie, be a liar
... 3575, 3576. kazab. 3577 . to lie, be a liar. Transliteration: kazab Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-zab') Short Definition: lie. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3577. kazab -- a lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
... a lie, falsehood, deceptive thing. Transliteration: kazab Phonetic Spelling:
(kaw-zawb') Short Definition: lies. ... deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying. ...
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5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... 5306, 5307. naphal. 5308 . to fall, lie. Transliteration: naphal Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-fal') Short Definition: fall. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6658. tsadah -- to lie in wait
... 6657, 6658. tsadah. 6658a . to lie in wait. Transliteration: tsadah Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-daw') Short Definition: destroy. destroy, hunt, lie in wait ...
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6658a. tsadah -- to lie in wait
... to lie in wait. Transliteration: tsadah Short Definition: wait. ... root Definition to
lie in wait NASB Word Usage lie in wait (1), lying in wait (1). 6658, 6658a ...
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8074. shamem -- to be desolated or appalled
... desolating (1), desolation (5), desolations (3), destitute (1), destroy (1),
devastations (1), horrified (2), laid desolate (1), laid waste (4), lie deserted ( ...
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Library

The First Lie.
... LVIII. THE FIRST LIE. "Ye shall not surely die.""Genesis 3:4. ... "Let him that thinketh
he standeth take heed lest he fall.". How skilfully this lie was told! ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/lviii the first lie.htm

Whether Every Lie is a Sin?
... OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TRUTH, AND FIRST OF LYING (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether every
lie is a sin? Objection 1: It seems that not every lie is a sin. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether every lie is a.htm

Whether Every Lie is a Mortal Sin?
... OF THE VICES OPPOSED TO TRUTH, AND FIRST OF LYING (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether every
lie is a mortal sin? Objection 1: It seems that every lie is a mortal sin. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether every lie is a 2.htm

He Maketh Me to Lie Down
... TALK FOUR. HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN. ... "He maketh me to lie down." He doth not compel
me. That is not the Lord's method; he findeth a better way. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk four he maketh me.htm

A Lie is not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury.
... Chapter 22."A Lie is Not Allowable, Even to Save Another from Injury.
But every lie must be called a sin, because not only when ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 22 a lie is not.htm

The Answer, that Leave to Lie, which was not Even Granted under ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XIX. The answer, that leave to lie, which
was not even granted under the old Covenant, has rightly been taken by many. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xix the answer that.htm

Of the Very Foolish Lie of the Pagans, in Feigning that the ...
... Chapter 54."Of the Very Foolish Lie of the Pagans, in Feigning that the Christian
Religion Was Not to Last Beyond Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Years. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 54 of the very foolish.htm

But Yet, Lest it Should Lie Hidden from Men -- Especially from ...
... But yet, lest it should lie hidden from men " especially from those who
by� But yet, lest it should lie hidden from men"especially ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/lection ix but yet lest.htm

Dost Thou in a Manger Lie
... VII. CAROLS Carols 550. Dost thou in a manger lie. PM [2144]Mauburn: ... Tr. Elizabeth
Charles, 1858. Dost thou in a manger lie,. Who hast all created,. ...
/.../carols 550 dost thou in.htm

The Apostle Peter Told no Lie, when He Said He was Ready to Lay ...
... Book IV. Chapter 11."The Apostle Peter Told No Lie, When He Said He Was Ready to
Lay Down His Life for the Lord, But Only Was Ignorant of His Will. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 11 the apostle peter told.htm

Thesaurus

Lie (291 Occurrences)
... 7. (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of
England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port. ...
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Evidence (41 Occurrences)
... is the translation of `al panim ("on the face") in Job 6:28, the King James Version
"Look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie," margin, "Hebrew before ...
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Feign (11 Occurrences)
... in the sense of "deceit" "fraud," "insincerity," mirmah, "prayer, that goeth not
out of feigned lips" (Psalm 17:1); sheqer, "falsehood," "a lie," "Judah hath ...
/f/feign.htm - 12k

Betrothed (19 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Exodus 22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed,
and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. ...
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Copulation (11 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation,
they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. ...
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Ambush (39 Occurrences)
... attacking by surprise. 2. (n.) A concealed station, where troops or enemies
lie in wait to attack by surprise. 3. (n.) The troops ...
/a/ambush.htm - 19k

Couch (55 Occurrences)
... 9. (vi) To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to
repose; to lie. 10. (vi) To lie down for concealment; to ...
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Intercourse (6 Occurrences)
... Samaritans. (DBY). Leviticus 18:20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your
neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her. (See NAS). ...
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Thereto (26 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith:
neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is ...
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To-night (15 Occurrences)
... next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father:
let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him ...
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Bible Concordance

Lie (291 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:11 But I say unto you, that many shall come from the rising and setting sun, and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;
(DBY)

Matthew 15:35 And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
(DBY)

Matthew 19:18 "Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'
(WEY NIV)

Mark 10:19 You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"
(WEY)

Luke 11:44 Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."
(WEY)

Luke 13:29 And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.
(DBY)

Luke 17:7 But which of you is there who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?
(DBY)

Luke 18:20 You know the Commandments: 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not murder;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"
(WEY)

John 5:3 In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.
(WEY NIV)

John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
(KJV)

John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
(KJV)

Acts 5:3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 5:4 While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 23:21 Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Romans 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 3:7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Romans 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Corinthians 3:15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
(Root in WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Galatians 1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
(KJV WBS)

Colossians 3:9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 2:11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Timothy 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Titus 1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 6:18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Jude 1:7 as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.
(DBY)

Revelation 3:9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
(KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 14:5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 21:27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 19:4 Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;
(YLT)

Genesis 19:31 The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
(See NIV)

Genesis 19:32 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 19:34 It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 21:23 and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.'
(YLT NIV)

Genesis 28:13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Genesis 29:21 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
(See NIV)

Genesis 30:15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 34:7 and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it 'is' very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.
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Genesis 38:8 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."
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Genesis 38:26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.
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Genesis 39:7 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
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Genesis 39:10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
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Genesis 39:12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
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Genesis 39:14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
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Genesis 47:30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
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Exodus 21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
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Exodus 22:16 "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
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Exodus 22:27 for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
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Exodus 23:11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
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Exodus 25:27 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.
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Exodus 28:28 They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
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Exodus 39:21 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 6:2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbor;
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Leviticus 6:3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
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Leviticus 15:18 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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Leviticus 15:24 "'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies shall be unclean.
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Leviticus 18:20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
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Leviticus 18:22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
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Leviticus 18:23 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
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Leviticus 19:11 "'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.
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Leviticus 19:20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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Leviticus 20:12 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.
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Leviticus 20:13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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Leviticus 20:15 "'If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.
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Leviticus 20:16 "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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Leviticus 20:18 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
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Leviticus 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
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Leviticus 26:6 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
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Leviticus 26:22 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate.
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Leviticus 26:33 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
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Leviticus 26:43 The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
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Numbers 5:13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
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Numbers 10:5 When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
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Numbers 10:6 When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
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Numbers 14:33 Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.
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Numbers 21:15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
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Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
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Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
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Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed."
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Deuteronomy 6:7 and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
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Deuteronomy 11:19 You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
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Deuteronomy 19:11 But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;
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Deuteronomy 22:23 If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
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Deuteronomy 22:25 But if the man find the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only who lay with her shall die:
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Deuteronomy 22:28 If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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Deuteronomy 24:12 And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
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Deuteronomy 25:2 and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
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Deuteronomy 28:30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.
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Deuteronomy 29:20 Yahweh will not pardon him, but then the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.
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Deuteronomy 31:16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
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Deuteronomy 33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land! By the precious things of the heavens, By the dew, and by the deep that lieth beneath,
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