Lies

Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

…or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,

If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.

If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.

Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.

…of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”

If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.

If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”

When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”

“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

…and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

…so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,

He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

…rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

…because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”