Ephesians 4:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.”
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“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 4:25 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Judges 16:11He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
- 1 Kings 13:18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
- Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
- Psalms 119:29Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.
- Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 8:7For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
- Proverbs 12:17He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
- Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
- Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
- Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- Isaiah 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Zechariah 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
- John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
- Romans 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
- 1 Corinthians 10:17Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 7:14Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
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