What does the Bible say about falsehood?

Nave's Topical Bible

• General scriptures concerning Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1; Leviticus 6:2-7; Leviticus 19:11; Leviticus 19:12; Leviticus 19:16; Job 13:4; Job 21:34; Job 27:4; Job 31:5; Job 31:6; Job 31:33
• See ACCUSATION, FALSE
• See CONSPIRACY
• See DECEIT
• See DECEPTION
• See FALSE WITNESS
• See FLATTERY
• See HYPOCRISY
• See PERJURY
• See TEACHERS, FALSE
• INSTANCES OF
• Satan In deceiving Eve Genesis 3:4; Genesis 3:5; Job 1:9; Job 1:10; Job 2:4; Job 2:5; Matthew 4:8; Matthew 4:9; Luke 4:6; Luke 4:7
• Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility Genesis 3:12; Genesis 3:13
• Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother Genesis 4:9
• Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife Genesis 12:11-19; Genesis 20:2
• Sarah To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief Genesis 18:15; Genesis 20:5; Genesis 20:16
• Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife Genesis 26:7-10
• Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau Genesis 27:6-24; Genesis 27:46
• Jacob’s sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them cir- cumcised Genesis 34
• Joseph’s brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts Genesis 37:29-35
• Potiphar’s wife, in falsely accusing Joseph Genesis 39:14-17
• Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers Genesis 42; Genesis 43; Genesis 44
• Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites Exodus 7; Exodus 8; Exodus 9; Exodus 10; Exodus 11; Exodus 12
• Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf Exodus 32:1-24
• Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house Joshua 2:4-6
• The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinity Joshua 9
• Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him Judges 3:16-23
• Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers Judges 4:20
• Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed 1 Samuel 15:1-26
• In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself 1 Samuel 22:11-16
• David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor 1 Samuel 21
• David in feigning madness 1 Samuel 21:13-15
• David’s other deceits with the Philistines 1 Samuel 27:8-12
• The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai 2 Samuel 15:34-37
• Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul’s violence 1 Samuel 19:12-17
• The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul 2 Samuel 1:10-12
• Hushai In false professions to Absalom 2 Samuel 16:16-19; 2 Samuel 17:7-14
• The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai’s messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom’s army 2 Samuel 17:15-22
• The murder, under false pretense Of Adonijah 1 Kings 2:23; 1 Kings 2:42; 1 Kings 2:43; 1 Kings 14:2
• The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah 1 Kings 13:11-22

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