Bible Dictionary: Lying: Saints: Avoid

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Isaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior.
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Zephaniah 3:13
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
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Library

Whether Irony is a Sin?
... a sinner before lying, thou hast become one by lying.". ... human reason, while the
"wisdom of the saints" is that ... not commit one sin in order to avoid another: and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether irony is a sin.htm

Against the Arians, and Concerning Himself.
... or defiled ourselves by communion with them, which we avoid like the ... or dead have
I cut off"to bring a lying accusation against Saints, [3764] and ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxxiii against the arians.htm

On Creation
... Saints are those who at one time lived upon the earth ... for us, exhorts us to do good
and avoid evil; and ... were put to death, their bodies were left lying on the ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 4 on creation.htm

But one Sometimes Comes to a Case of this Kind...
... that a lie ought to be told to avoid it ... of lust or some execrable pollution; even
though by lying we do ... in the New Testament are done by the Saints, where there ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 24 but one sometimes.htm

Epistle xiii. To Serenus, Bishop of Massilia (Marseilles) .
... has not without reason admitted the histories of saints to be ... of the blame of being
a scatterer lying upon thee ... to correct the bad and to avoid breeding offence ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xiii to serenus bishop.htm

Thou Shalt not Commit Adultery.
... This all the saints have wept over and lamented ... For gluttony, drunkenness, lying
late abed, loafing and ... and clothes, that we should avoid excessive adornment ...
/.../luther/a treatise on good works/thou shalt not commit adultery.htm

On Confession
... they are cursing, or stealing, or lying, etc ... the more delighted the angels and saints
are when ... escaped great danger will more carefully avoid similar accidents ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 19 on confession.htm

Evidences of Regeneration.
... not only desired that others should avoid misery, but ... Both saints and sinners have
a constitutional respect for ... it, to be accused or even suspected of lying? ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxix evidences of regeneration.htm

Thou Shalt not Take the Name of the Lord, Thy God, in Vain.
... not using the name of God for purposes of lying and all ... Paul, and other saints often
swore ... be trained betimes to shun falsehood, and especially to avoid the use ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/the large catechism/thou shalt not take the.htm

The Eighth Book
... ridiculous, so they should not laud in lying phrases those ... against God, and men try
to avoid seeming themselves ... injured by a contempt of his saints as slight ...
//christianbookshelf.org/salvian/on the government of god/the eighth book.htm

Subtopics

Lying

Lying About Giving

Lying Lips

Lying: A Characteristic of the Apostasy

Lying: A Hindrance to Prayer

Lying: An Abomination to God

Lying: Ananias

Lying: Antinomians Guilty of

Lying: Cain

Lying: Cretans

Lying: David