Proverbs 13:5
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A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
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We inherited lying from Adam, and we must put it off (Col 3:9; Eph 4:25). In Israel, God commanded His people to not lie (Lev 19:11), and it is still against sound doctrine (I Tim 1:10). No liars are in heaven; they are all in the Lake of Fire (Rev 21:8,27).
God hates a lying tongue (6:16-17), and so did David (Ps 119:163). He zealously threw all liars and slanders out of his house (Ps 101:4-8). And we should take as strong a stand against lying as he did, if we want to be like him. See the comments on 6:19.
Parents should teach their children that lying, exaggerating, misrepresenting, slandering, or falsely accusing are horrible sins. Any other sin can be covered by repentance and reformation, but lying is of a different nature. It destroys trust in a person, and rightly so. Every event in a child's life involving lying should be dealt with soberly and strictly.
The wicked are despicable, repulsive, odious, hateful, and shocking, as the unusual word loathsome indicates. When we loathe something, we abhor it (Zech 11:8). God and the righteous loath, hate and abhor, the wicked for their lying and profane disregard for truth.
Lies are a symptom of carnal Christianity of the last days, when men would be false accusers, traitors, deceived, deceiving, and preferring fables to truth (II Tim 3:1 - 4:4).
God's true saints hate the lying hypocrisy of false religion (I Tim 4:1-3); they count all men liars, and trust only the God of truth (Rom 3:4; Acts 17:11; I Thess 5:21). They hate the great whore and her daughters, who prostitute Christianity with lies (Rev 17:1-6).
But wicked liars will be exposed. God will expose their false handshakes and vain words (Ps 144:8,11). He loves to manifest sinners for judgment and reveal His saints (Mal 3:17-18). He killed Ananias and Sapphira dead before the church for lying (Acts 5:1-11).
Jesus Christ is the truth (Jn 14:6), the word of truth (Jas 1:18), the faithful witness (Rev 1:5), true (Rev 3:7), the faithful and true witness (Rev 3:14), and called Faithful and True (Rev 19:11). If we are new creatures in Him, we will also hate lying and love truth.
A good man hates lying; he loves truth, and it rules him. He despises exaggerations or misrepresentations. But wicked men lie and slander with ease. They are despicable, disgusting, and repulsive; they stink. They reflect their god, who has lied from the beginning. And they will come to shame, for the LORD will expose and judge them.
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