The Power of the Tongue


12. Lying deceit & bearing false witness:
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A. God's Word warns us not to lie:

LEV 19:11. Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

PRO 24:28. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

EPH 4:25. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

COL 3:9. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

B. What God thinks about lying:

PRO 12:22. Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

C. God's judgment on wicked liars:

PSA 63:11. But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

PRO 19:5. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

PRO 19:9. A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

ACT 5:1. But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

ACT 5:2. And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

ACT 5:3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

ACT 5:4. Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

ACT 5:5. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

ACT 5:6. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

ACT 5:7. And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

ACT 5:8. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

ACT 5:9. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

ACT 5:10. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

PSA 31:18. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

PSA 35:11. False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

PSA 35:12. They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

PSA 35:13. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

PSA 35:14. I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

PSA 35:15. But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

PSA 35:16. With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

PSA 35:17. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

PSA 35:18. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

PSA 35:19. Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

PSA 35:20. For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

PRO 12:19. The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Special chapter on the tongue: James 3