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Words can hurt. Reputations can be ruined and trust can easily become broken. Sometimes you can read verses in the Bible that are so blunt.
Proverbs 25:18 “Telling lies about others is as harmful as hitting them with an ax, wounding them with a sword, or shooting them with a sharp arrow. “
Then you you come to another verse about lying.
Proverbs 26:28 “A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.”
These two verses are after effects of what we are told in Exodus 20:16 “You must not falsely testify against your neighbor.” Neighbor here means anyone.
There’s an alternative to lying. But you must start with Romans 12:1-2 “And so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice— the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good pleasing and perfect.”
When your mind is transformed and renewed and you spend time in God’s Word you learn there are better ways to speak.
Ephesians 4:29 “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.”
After reading the verses in Proverbs I would say lies fall under foul or abusive language. They harm just as much as profanity or insults if not more.
Christians are called to do and be better in our speech and actions. Ephesians 4:14-15 “Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love , growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of the body, the church.” We are to speak the truth in love. Sometimes there’s too many Christians speaking and not speaking truth or using love we have to be very careful with what we say to others and about them. James chapter 3 gets even more serious about us controlling the tongue. Read it.
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