lie

A lie is an intentional violation of the truth.

Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10; Rev. 21:27; 22:15).

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9).

Mention is made of the lies told by…

• good men—as by Abraham (Gen. 12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (26:7), and Jacob (27:24)
• Hebrew midwives (Ex. 1:15-19)
• Michal—daughter of King Saul (1 Sam. 19:14)
• David (1 Sam. 20:6)
• Ananias

ALSO SEE:

• truth
• witness
• leasing
• Ten Commandments
• Ananias
• sin