Lexicon :: Strong's H8267 - šeqer

“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];

You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.

“For truly my words are not false;

He who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,

And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,

For false witnesses have come against me;

They breathe out violence.

Let the lying lips be mute,

Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous

With pride and contempt.

A horse is a false hope for victory;

Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;

Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].

But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,

And those who hate me without cause are many.

You love evil more than good,

And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

But the king will rejoice in God;

Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,

For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;

Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;

I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

He who practices deceit will not dwell in my house;

He who tells lies and half-truths will not continue [to remain] in my presence.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me;

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness,

And graciously grant me Your law.

The arrogant have forged a lie against me,

But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Let the arrogant be ashamed and humiliated, for they sabotage me with a lie;

But I will meditate on Your precepts.

All Your commandments are faithful and trustworthy.

They have persecuted me with a lie; help me [LORD]!

From Your precepts I get understanding;

Therefore I hate every false way.

You have turned Your back on all those who wander from Your statutes,

For their deceitfulness is useless.

Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything;

I hate every false way.

I hate and detest falsehood,

But I love Your law.

Rescue my soul, O LORD, from lying lips,

And from a deceitful tongue.

Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,

Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],

And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue,

And hands that shed innocent blood,

A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],

And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

He who hides hatred has lying lips,

And he who spreads slander is a fool.

The wicked man earns deceptive wages,

But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].

He who speaks truth [when he testifies] tells what is right,

But a false witness utters deceit [in court].

Truthful lips will be established forever,

But a lying tongue is [credited] only for a moment.

Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the LORD,

But those who deal faithfully are His delight.

A righteous man hates lies,

But a wicked man is loathsome, and he acts shamefully.

A faithful and trustworthy witness will not lie,

But a false witness speaks lies.

An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;

And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.

Excellent speech does not benefit a fool [who is spiritually blind],

Much less do lying lips benefit a prince.

A false witness will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes out lies will not escape.