Mentira
A mentira é condenada pela Bíblia como pecado grave. Deus é verdade, e quem mente se alinha com o pai da mentira. O cristão é chamado a falar a verdade em amor.
Deus odeia a mentira
Os lábios mentirosos são abominação para o Senhor. A Bíblia adverte que todo mentiroso terá parte no lago de fogo.
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
16 These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,19 A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;
Falar a verdade
Despojai-vos da mentira e falai a verdade cada um com o próximo. Cristo é a verdade, e nos chama a ser testemunhas fiéis.
25 Therefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
7 He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Consequências da falsidade
A mentira destrói confiança e relacionamentos. As Escrituras alertam sobre os frutos amargos do engano e da falsidade.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
19 The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
28 A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
6 You shall destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
11 You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.