Here you will find all biblical 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 find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Lying’ occurs 73 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 5:9 They shall be oppressed with works, and these shall occupy them, so that they may not agree to lying words.”Exodus 5:9
Exodus 21:14 If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.Exodus 21:14
Exodus 23:1 “You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf on the impious.Exodus 23:1
Number of the word / term Lying in Exodus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 16:45 “Withdraw from the midst of this multitude, and I will destroy them immediately.” And while they were lying on the ground,Numbers 16:45
Number of the word / term Lying in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 6:7 And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up.Deuteronomy 6:7
Deuteronomy 19:16 If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,Deuteronomy 19:16
Number of the word / term Lying in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 7:10 And the Lord said to Joshua: “Rise up. Why are you lying flat on the ground?Joshua 7:10
Number of the word / term Lying in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Judges
Judges 3:25 And after waiting a long time, until they were embarrassed, and seeing that no one opened the door, they took the key, and opening it, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.Judges 3:25
Judges 4:22 And behold, Barak arrived, in pursuit of Sisera. And Jael, going out to meet him, said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And when he had entered her tent, he saw Sisera lying dead, with the spike fixed in his temples.Judges 4:22
Judges 19:27 When morning came, the man arose, and he opened the door, so that he might complete the journey that he had begun. And behold, his mate was lying before the door, with her hands reaching out to the threshold.Judges 19:27
Number of the word / term Lying in Judges: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Ruth
Ruth 3:8 And behold, when it was the middle of the night, the man became frightened and confused, and he saw a woman lying near his feet.Ruth 3:8
Number of the word / term Lying in Ruth: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 3:2 Then it happened that, on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place. And his eyes had dimmed, so that he was unable to see.1 Samuel 3:2
1 Samuel 5:3 And when the Ashdodites had risen up at first light on the next day, behold, Dagon was lying prone on the ground before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and they set him again in his place.1 Samuel 5:3
1 Samuel 5:4 And again, on the next day, rising up in the morning, they found Dagon lying on his face upon the ground, before the ark of the Lord. But the head of Dagon, and both palms of his hands had been cut off upon the threshold.1 Samuel 5:4
1 Samuel 26:7 Therefore, David and Abishai went to the people by night, and they found Saul lying down and sleeping in the tent, with his spear fixed in the ground at his head. And Abner and the people were sleeping all around him.1 Samuel 26:7
1 Samuel 31:8 Then, when the next day arrived, the Philistines came, so that they might despoil the slain. And they found Saul and his three sons lying on mount Gilboa.1 Samuel 31:8
Number of the word / term Lying in 1 Samuel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1:6 And the youth, who was reporting it to him, said: “I arrived by chance on mount Gilboa. And Saul was lying upon his spear. Then the chariots and horsemen drew near to him.2 Samuel 1:6
2 Samuel 13:8 And Tamar went into the house of her brother Amnon. But he was lying down. And taking flour, she mixed it. And dissolving it in his sight, she cooked little portions of food.2 Samuel 13:8
2 Samuel 20:12 Now Amasa was covered with blood, and was lying in the middle of the road. A certain man saw this, with all the people standing nearby to look at him, and he removed Amasa from the road into a field. And he covered him with a garment, so that those passing by would not stop because of him.2 Samuel 20:12
2 Samuel 24:21 And going out, he adored the king, lying prone with his face to the ground, and he said, “What is the reason that my lord the king has come to his servant?” And David said to him, “So as to purchase the threshing floor from you, and to build an altar to the Lord, and to quiet the plague that rages among the people.”2 Samuel 24:21
Number of the word / term Lying in 2 Samuel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 3:22 And the other woman responded: “It is not such as you say. Instead, your son is dead, but mine is alive.” To the contrary, she said: “You are lying. For my son lives, and your son is dead.” And in this manner, they were contending before the king.1 Kings 3:22
1 Kings 13:25 And behold, men who were passing by saw the dead body lying in the road, with the lion standing beside the body. And they went and made it widely known in the city where that elderly prophet was living.1 Kings 13:25
1 Kings 13:28 and he had departed, he found the dead body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside the dead body. The lion did not eat from the dead body, nor did it harm the donkey.1 Kings 13:28
1 Kings 22:22 And he said, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive him, and you will prevail. Go forth, and do so.’1 Kings 22:22
1 Kings 22:23 So now, behold: the Lord has given a lying spirit into the mouth of all your prophets who are here. And the Lord has spoken evil against you.”1 Kings 22:23
Number of the word / term Lying in 1 Kings: 5
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 4:32 Therefore, Elisha entered the house. And behold, the boy was lying dead upon his bed.2 Kings 4:32
Number of the word / term Lying in 2 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 4:22 and he who caused the sun to stand still, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were leaders in Moab, and who returned into Lehem. Now these words are ancient.1 Chronicles 4:22
1 Chronicles 10:8 Then, on the next day, when the Philistines were taking away the spoils of the slain, they found Saul and his sons, lying on mount Gilboa.1 Chronicles 10:8
Number of the word / term Lying in 1 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 18:21 And he responded, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive and prevail. Go forth and do so.’2 Chronicles 18:21
2 Chronicles 18:22 Therefore now, behold: the Lord gave a lying spirit to the mouth of all your prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil about you.”2 Chronicles 18:22
Number of the word / term Lying in 2 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 59:12 by the offense of their mouth and by the speech of their lips. And may they be caught in their arrogance. And, for their cursing and lying, they will be made knownPsalm 59:12
Number of the word / term Lying in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Proverbs 6:17
Proverbs 7:12 now outside, now in the streets, now lying in ambush near the corners.Proverbs 7:12
Proverbs 12:19 The lips of truth shall be steadfast forever. But a hasty witness readies a lying tongue.Proverbs 12:19
Proverbs 13:5 The just shall detest a lying word. But the impious confound and will be confounded.Proverbs 13:5
Proverbs 17:4 The evil obey an unjust tongue. And the false are submissive to lying lips.Proverbs 17:4
Proverbs 17:7 Well-chosen words are not fitting for the foolish, nor are lying lips fitting for a leader.Proverbs 17:7
Proverbs 21:6 Whoever gathers treasures by a lying tongue is vain and heartless. And he will stumble into the snares of death.Proverbs 21:6
Proverbs 21:28 A lying witness will perish. An obedient man shall speak of victory.Proverbs 21:28
Proverbs 25:28 Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking.Proverbs 25:28
Proverbs 29:12 A leader who freely listens to lying words has only impious servants.Proverbs 29:12
Proverbs 30:8 Remove, far from me, vanity and lying words. Give me neither begging, nor wealth. Apportion to me only the necessities of my life,Proverbs 30:8
Number of the word / term Lying in Proverbs: 11
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 30:9 For they are a people who provoke to wrath, and they are lying sons, sons unwilling to listen to the law of God.Isaiah 30:9
Isaiah 32:7 The tools of the deceitful are very wicked. For they have concocted plans to destroy the meek by lying words, though the poor speak judgment.Isaiah 32:7
Isaiah 57:4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,Isaiah 57:4
Isaiah 59:13 sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.Isaiah 59:13
Number of the word / term Lying in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 7:4 Do not choose to trust in lying words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!’Jeremiah 7:4
Jeremiah 8:8 How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.Jeremiah 8:8
Jeremiah 14:14 And the Lord said to me: “The prophets prophesy falsely in my name. I did not send them, and I did not instruct them, and I have not spoken to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and a divination, and a fraud, and a seduction from their own heart.Jeremiah 14:14
Jeremiah 29:23 For they have acted foolishly in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and they have spoken lying words in my name, which I did not command them. I am the Judge and the Witness, says the Lord.Jeremiah 29:23
Number of the word / term Lying in Jeremiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 3:10 DALETH. He has become to me like a bear lying in ambush, like a lion in hiding.Lamentations 3:10
Number of the word / term Lying in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 13:7 Have you not seen a futile vision and spoken a lying divination? And yet you say, ‘The Lord says,’ though I have not spoken.Ezekiel 13:7
Ezekiel 13:19 And they violated me among my people, for the sake of a handful of barley and a fragment of bread, so that they would kill the souls that should not die, and enliven the souls that should not live, lying to my people who believe in falsehoods.Ezekiel 13:19
Ezekiel 23:20 And she was mad with lust after lying with them, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, and whose flow is like the flow of horses.Ezekiel 23:20
Number of the word / term Lying in Ezekiel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 4:2 Slander, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and bloodshed has brought more bloodshed.Hosea 4:2
Number of the word / term Lying in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Micah
Micah 1:14 Because of this, she will send emissaries to the inheritance of Gath: the house of Lying in order to deceive the kings of Israel.Micah 1:14
Number of the word / term Lying in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 8:14 And when Jesus had arrived at the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law lying ill with a fever.Matthew 8:14
Matthew 9:2 And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Be strengthened in faith, son; your sins are forgiven you.”Matthew 9:2
Number of the word / term Lying in Matthew: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Mark
Mark 2:4 And when they were not able to present him to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. And opening it, they lowered down the stretcher on which the paralytic was lying.Mark 2:4
Mark 5:40 And they derided him. Yet truly, having put them all out, he took the father and mother of the girl, and those who were with him, and he entered to where the girl was lying.Mark 5:40
Mark 7:30 And when she had gone to her house, she found the girl lying on the bed; and the demon had gone away.Mark 7:30
Number of the word / term Lying in Mark: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Luke
Luke 2:12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.”Luke 2:12
Luke 2:16 And they went quickly. And they found Mary and Joseph; and the infant was lying in a manger.Luke 2:16
Luke 5:25 And at once, rising up in their sight, he took up the bed on which he was lying, and he went away to his own house, magnifying God.Luke 5:25
Number of the word / term Lying in Luke: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book John
John 20:5 And when he bowed down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not yet enter.John 20:5
John 20:6 Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he entered the tomb, and he saw the linen cloths lying there,John 20:6
Number of the word / term Lying in John: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Romans
Romans 9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,Romans 9:1
Number of the word / term Lying in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.2 Corinthians 11:31
Number of the word / term Lying in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 1:20 Now what I am writing to you: behold, before God, I am not lying.Galatians 1:20
Number of the word / term Lying in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 4:25 Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.Ephesians 4:25
Number of the word / term Lying in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be among you lying teachers, who will introduce divisions of perdition, and they will deny him who bought them, the Lord, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.2 Peter 2:1
Number of the word / term Lying in 2 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book 1 John
1 John 1:6 If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth.1 John 1:6
Number of the word / term Lying in 1 John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lying’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will take from the synagogue of Satan those who declare themselves to be Jews and are not, for they are lying. Behold, I will cause them to approach and to reverence before your feet. And they shall know that I have loved you.Revelation 3:9
Number of the word / term ‘Lying’ in Revelation: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 73
