Bible Dictionary: Lying: The Devil, the Father of

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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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The Judges Said: He Has Given Demonstration Enough of the Origin ...
... Jesus to have spoken falsely, when in John's Gospel He uses expressions which imply
that the devil's father is a liar, and also the Creator of the lying devil. ...
/.../the acts of the disputation with the heresiarch manes/33 the judges said he.htm

Of Lying Defamation.
... to a descent from him, Ye are of your Father the Devil. John.8.44. We are by it
rendered a sort of Incubus brats, the infamous progenies of the Lying spirit. ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section v of lying defamation.htm

Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother.
... can show one that is greater and nobler than obedience to father and mother ... be led
astray from the pure Word of God to the lying vanities of the devil. ...
/.../luther/the large catechism/thou shalt honor thy father.htm

How the Devil Often Appeared to Brother Ruffino in the Form of a ...
... comforted by the admonitions of his saintly father, which St ... those large stones are
to be seen lying in great ... Ruffino saw plainly that it was the devil who had ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xxix how the devil.htm

Self-Destruction
... they lied for the sake of gain, for the Lord had put a lying spirit into ... were cheats
and liars, and so they had given place to the devil, the father of lies ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon viii self-destruction.htm

Twofold, Father! is My Prayer. --Prov. xxx. 7-9.
... Twofold, Father! ... Grant that far from me may be Lying and idolatry; Poverty immoderate
Give me ... or poverty Is not good, for either may 'Neath the devil's pow'r ...
/.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/twofold father is my prayer prov.htm

Salvation
... Oh, listen not to the lying, slanderous Devil, who tells ... His cross is on your
foreheads, His Father is your Father:"and can a father desert his ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon ii salvation.htm

Texts Explained; Eighthly, John xvii. 3 and the Like. Our Lord's ...
... 4 and 6. In the passage before us there seems an allusion to false accusation or
lying, which is the ... D. his speaking of the Arians' father the devil,' 3, c ...
/.../chapter xxiv texts explained eighthly john.htm

The Eternal Manhood
... Get thee away, thou lying hypocritical devil, who pretendest ... If the Lord God, the
Son of the Father, is not ashamed to be man for ever and ever, I ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxxv the eternal manhood.htm

Whether the Prophets of the Demons ever Foretell the Truth?
... Further, it is said of the devil (Jn.8:44) that "when he speaketh a lie, he speaketh
of his own, for the devil is a liar, and the father thereof," ie of lying. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the prophets of the.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