Proverbs 12:22
"Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight."
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- Psalms 5:6
"Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 6:16
"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:20
"They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight."
Read in chapter → - Revelation 22:15
"For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 9:24
"But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 11:1
"A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 9:15
"The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 13:22
"Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:8
"The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 13:19
"And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?"
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