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421 verses contain “Lie” (in the KJV: 329, in the BSB: 264) — showing 101–200
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And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
Then 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,
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.
And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.