What the Bible says about

Perjury

23 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

““If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor”
Leviticus 6:2-7 BSB
“You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 19:12 BSB
““Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—”
Isaiah 48:1 BSB
“Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.””
Jeremiah 5:2 BSB
“Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,”
Jeremiah 7:9 BSB
“They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.”
Hosea 10:4 BSB
“I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.””
Zechariah 5:4 BSB
“do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.”
Zechariah 8:17 BSB
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