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Bible Verses About Punishment for Lying
Find Bible verses about punishment for lying — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about punishment for lying?
The Bible addresses punishment for lying with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Genesis 4:13
“Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.”
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Hebrews 10:29
“How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?”
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Matthew 25:46
“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."”
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Matthew 24:51
“and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.”
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Proverbs 16:22
“Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.”
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2 Peter 2:9
“the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;”
Matthew 13:42
“and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
Matthew 13:50
“and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."”
Genesis 3:14
“Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of...”
Proverbs 26:28
“A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.”
Ezekiel 13:6
“They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.”
Jonah 2:8
“Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
Proverbs 10:18
“He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.”
Jeremiah 50:18
“Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.”
Jeremiah 21:5
“I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.”
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Proverbs 6:17 — “haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;...”
Jeremiah 23:32 — “Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my pe...”
Proverbs 17:7 — “Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince....”
Psalms 52:3 — “You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah....”
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