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.
Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate]: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.
These six [things] does the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness [that] speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.
Lie not one to another, seeing that you2f 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.
For what reason putting away lying, speak every man twith his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Yeshua [God is Salvation] says unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
You2f are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father you2f will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no tin him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaks lies shall perish.
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.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
The lip of tshall be established forever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
A lying tongue hates [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
youi shall destroy them that speak falsehood (deceit; lying): the LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
You2f shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.