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.
An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit,
but they who act faithfully are his delight.
But as for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
There are six things Yahweh hates,
and seven things are abominations of his soul:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
a devising heart, plans of deception,
feet that hurry to run to evil,
a false witness who breathes lies
and sends out discord between brothers.
Do not lie to one another, because you have taken off the old man together 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.
Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who breathes lies will perish.
There will not live in the midst of my house
a worker of deceit.
One who speaks lies
will not remain before my eyes.
Consequências da falsidade
A mentira destrói confiança e relacionamentos. As Escrituras alertam sobre os frutos amargos do engano e da falsidade.
He who makes treasure by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and seeker of death.
A lip of truth endures forever,
but a tongue of deception lasts only a moment.
A tongue of deceit hates its victim,
and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
You destroy speakers of lies.
A man of bloodshed and deceit Yahweh abhors.
" ‘You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie to one another;