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Is it wrong to lie?
No. Yes.
Joshua 2:4-6
And the woman [Rahab] took the two men and hid them and said thus: There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were; and it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark that the men went out; whither the men went I wot not; pursue after them quickly, for ye shall overtake them. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house and hid them with the stalks of flax.

James 2:25
Was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?.

Exodus 1:18-20
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives.

1 Kings 22:21-22
And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him .. I will go forth and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him and prevail also; go forth and do so.

2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said unto him, go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath showed me that he shall surely die.
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report.

Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter.

Leviticus 6:2-4
If a soul ... lie unto his neighbour ... or hath deceived his neighbour ... Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely. ... Then ... he shall restore that which he took.

Leviticus 19:11
Neither lie one to another.

Deuteronomy 5:20
Neither shalt thou bear false witness.

Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hateth lying.

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

Luke 3:14
Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely.

Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speaking every man truth with his neighbor.

Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to another.

Revelation 21:8
All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.

Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.


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