Psalms 55:11

55:11 Disaster is within it;

violence ¹  and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Proverbs 12:7

12:7 The wicked are overthrown ²  and perish, ³ 

but the righteous household ⁴  will stand.

Proverbs 12:19

12:19 The one who tells the truth ⁵  will endure forever,

but the one who lies ⁶  will last only for a moment. ⁷ 

Proverbs 12:22

12:22 The Lord ⁸  abhors a person who lies, ⁹ 

but those who deal truthfully ¹⁰  are his delight. ¹¹ 

Proverbs 19:9

19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished,

and the one who spouts out ¹²  lies will perish. ¹³ 

Isaiah 63:8

63:8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people,

children who are not disloyal.” ¹⁴ 

He became their deliverer.

Colossians 3:9

3:9 Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

Colossians 3:1

Exhortations to Seek the Things Above

3:1 Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Colossians 2:1

2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, ¹⁵  and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. ¹⁶ 

Colossians 2:22

2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are ¹⁷  on human commands and teachings. ¹⁸ 

Revelation 14:4-5

14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves ¹⁹  with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb, 14:5 and no lie was found on their lips; ²⁰  they ²¹  are blameless.

[55:11]  ¹ tn Or “injury, harm.”

[12:7]  ² sn This proverb is about the stability of the righteous in times of trouble. The term “overthrown” might allude to Gen 19:21.

[12:7]  ³ tn Heb “and they are not.”

[12:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the house of the righteous.” The genitive צַדִּיקִים (tsadiqim) functions as an attributive adjective: “righteous house.” The noun בֵּית (bet, “house”) functions as a synecdoche of container (= house) for the contents (= family, household; perhaps household possessions). Cf. NCV “a good person’s family”; NLT “the children of the godly.”

[12:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “a lip of truth.” The genitive אֱמֶת (’emet, “truth”) functions as an attributive adjective: “truthful lip.” The term שְׂפַת (sÿfat, “lip”) functions as a synecdoche of part (= lip) for the whole (= person): “truthful person.” The contrast is between “the lip of truth” and the “tongue of lying.”

[12:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “a tongue of deceit.” The genitive שָׁקֶר (shaqer, “deceit”) functions as an attributive genitive. The noun לָשׁוֹן (lashon, “tongue”) functions as a synecdoche of part (= tongue) for the whole (= person): “lying person.”

[12:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “while I would twinkle.” This expression is an idiom meaning “only for a moment.” The twinkling of the eye, the slightest movement, signals the brevity of the life of a lie (hyperbole). But truth will be established (תִּכּוֹן, tikon), that is, be made firm and endure.

[12:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “an abomination of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) is a subjective genitive.

[12:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “lips of lying.” The genitive שָׁקֶר (shaqer, “lying”) functions as an attributive genitive: “lying lips.” The term “lips” functions as a synecdoche of part (= lips) for the whole (= person): “a liar.”

[12:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but doers of truthfulness.” The term “truthfulness” is an objective genitive, meaning: “those who practice truth” or “those who act in good faith.” Their words and works are reliable.

[12:22]  ¹¹ sn The contrast between “delight/pleasure” and “abomination” is emphatic. What pleases the Lord is acting truthfully or faithfully.

[19:9]  ¹² tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

[19:9]  ¹³ sn The verse is the same as v. 5, except that the last word changes to the verb “will perish” (cf. NCV “will die”; CEV, NLT “will be destroyed”; TEV “is doomed”).

[63:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.

[2:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “I want you to know how hard I am working for you…”

[2:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “as many as have not seen my face in the flesh.”

[2:22]  ¹⁷ tn The expression “founded as they are” brings out the force of the Greek preposition κατά (kata).

[2:22]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “The commands and teachings of men.”

[14:4]  ¹⁹ tn The aorist passive verb is rendered as a reflexive (“defiled themselves”) by BDAG 657 s.v. μολύνω 2.

[14:5]  ²⁰ tn Grk “in their mouth was not found a lie.”

[14:5]  ²¹ tc Several mss (Ì⁴⁷ א 1 1006 1611 2351 Ï^K pc) have the conjunction “for” (γάρ, gar) here so that the phrase reads: “for they are blameless.” Other important mss (A C P 1854 2053 al lat) lack the word. The shorter reading is to be preferred since the scribes were more likely to make the connection explicit through the addition of “for” than they would have been to omit the conjunction. As it is, the passage without the conjunction makes good sense and evokes a very somber tone.