Concordance

“Lie” in the Bible

340 verses contain “lie” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 21:17 … be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he…
Genesis 28:13 …ill give you and your descendants the land on which you now…
Genesis 34:7 …fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be…
Genesis 47:30 but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
Genesis 49:9 Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
Exodus 5:9 Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”
Exodus 21:13 If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Exodus 22:19 Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
Exodus 23:11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave.…
Leviticus 6:3 or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
Leviticus 15:4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
Leviticus 15:18 If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
Leviticus 15:20 Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
Leviticus 15:24 If a man lies with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days, and any bed on which he lies will become unclean.
Leviticus 15:26 Any bed on which she lies or any furniture on which she sits during the days of her discharge will be unclean, like her bed during her menstrual period.
Leviticus 15:33 of a woman in her menstrual period, of any male or female who has a discharge, and of a man who lies with an unclean woman.’”
Leviticus 18:20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
Leviticus 18:23 You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
Leviticus 19:11 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Leviticus 19:20 If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be…
Leviticus 20:11 If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Leviticus 20:12 If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Leviticus 20:15 If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
Leviticus 20:18 If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of…
Leviticus 20:20 If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
Leviticus 26:22 I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
Leviticus 26:34 Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
Leviticus 26:35 As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
Leviticus 26:43 …ill be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My…
Numbers 10:5 When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
Numbers 10:6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
Numbers 14:33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
Numbers 21:15 even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Numbers 24:9 He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
Deuteronomy 6:7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 11:19 Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 19:11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 19:18 The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
Deuteronomy 21:1 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 22:25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
Deuteronomy 22:28 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
Deuteronomy 25:2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
Deuteronomy 27:21 ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 33:13 Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
Deuteronomy 33:20 Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
Joshua 8:4 with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.
Judges 3:25 … took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the…
Judges 9:32 Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
Ruth 3:4 When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”
Ruth 3:7 …hed eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay…
Ruth 3:8 At midnight, Boaz was startled, turned over, and there lying at his feet was a woman!
Ruth 3:13 …ant to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until…
1 Samuel 3:2 And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
1 Samuel 3:3 Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
1 Samuel 3:5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
1 Samuel 3:6 …ed me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie…
1 Samuel 3:9 “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1 Samuel 5:4 …ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso…
1 Samuel 15:29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
1 Samuel 22:8 …revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case…
1 Samuel 22:13 …uired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing…
1 Samuel 26:5 …on of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around…
1 Samuel 26:7 …at night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner…
2 Samuel 1:19 “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
2 Samuel 4:7 They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of…
2 Samuel 8:2 David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and…
2 Samuel 11:13 …nd he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go…
2 Samuel 12:11 … will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad…
2 Samuel 12:16 David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
2 Samuel 13:5 Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to…
2 Samuel 13:8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
2 Samuel 13:11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
2 Samuel 23:7 The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
1 Kings 1:2 So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
1 Kings 13:18 …hat he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to…
1 Kings 13:24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
1 Kings 13:25 And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet…
1 Kings 13:28 and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
1 Kings 22:22 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
1 Kings 22:23 So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
2 Kings 1:4 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
2 Kings 1:6 …Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely…
2 Kings 1:16 …Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely…
2 Kings 4:11 One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
2 Kings 4:16 And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
2 Kings 4:32 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
2 Kings 9:12 “That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over…
2 Kings 9:37 And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
2 Chronicles 18:21 And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
2 Chronicles 18:22 So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
2 Chronicles 20:24 When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
Nehemiah 2:3 …ould I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by…
Nehemiah 2:17 …n I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we…
Nehemiah 10:31 …bath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every…
Job 3:13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Job 6:28 But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
Job 7:4 When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Job 7:21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Job 11:18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Job 11:19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
Job 13:4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Job 14:12 so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
Job 18:10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
Job 19:28 If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
Job 20:11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Job 21:26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
Job 24:25 If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Job 27:19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
Job 34:6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
Job 37:17 You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Job 38:40 when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
Job 40:21 He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
Psalms 3:5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
Psalms 4:2 How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
Psalms 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Psalms 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Psalms 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Psalms 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalms 10:9 He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
Psalms 12:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Psalms 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
Psalms 31:17 O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
Psalms 31:18 May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Psalms 36:12 There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
Psalms 37:32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Psalms 41:8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Psalms 55:10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Psalms 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Psalms 59:3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Psalms 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
Psalms 62:4 They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Psalms 62:9 Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Psalms 68:13 Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
Psalms 71:10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
Psalms 76:5 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
Psalms 76:6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
Psalms 88:5 I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Psalms 89:35 Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
Psalms 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Psalms 102:7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
Psalms 104:22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
Psalms 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 119:69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

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