שֶׁקֶר

Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

Exodus 5:9

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:16

• שָֽׁקֶר׃ סshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Exodus 23:7

• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

Leviticus 6:3

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

Leviticus 6:5

• לַשֶּׁקֶר֒lashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:12

• לַשָּׁ֑קֶרlashakerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

Deuteronomy 19:18

• שֶׁ֙קֶר֙shekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood
• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

1 Samuel 25:21

• לַשֶּׁ֨קֶרlashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the deception

If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

2 Samuel 18:13

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

1 Kings 22:22

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

1 Kings 22:23

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

“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.’”

2 Kings 9:12

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

2 Chronicles 18:21

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

2 Chronicles 18:22

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Job 13:4

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

Job 36:4

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Psalms 7:14

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Psalms 27:12

• שֶׁ֝֗קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Psalms 31:18

• שָׁ֥קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Psalms 33:17

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: a vain hope

Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

Psalms 35:19

• שֶׁ֑קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

Psalms 38:19

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

Psalms 52:3

• שֶׁ֓קֶר׀shekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Psalms 63:11

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: of falsehood

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

Psalms 69:4

• שֶׁ֑קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Psalms 101:7

• שְׁקָרִ֑יםshekarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lies

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Psalms 109:2

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.

Psalms 119:29

• שֶׁ֭קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalms 119:69

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

Psalms 119:78

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

Psalms 119:86

• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

Psalms 119:104

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

Psalms 119:118

• שֶׁ֝֗קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

Psalms 119:128

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

Psalms 119:163

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 120:2

• שֶׁ֑קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Psalms 144:8

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.

Psalms 144:11

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:17

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Proverbs 6:19

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 10:18

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Proverbs 11:18

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Proverbs 12:17

• שְׁקָרִ֣יםshekarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lies

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 12:19

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Proverbs 12:22

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

Proverbs 13:5

• שֶׁ֭קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

Proverbs 14:5

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 17:4

• שֶׁ֥קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

Proverbs 17:7

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:5

• שְׁ֭קָרִיםshekarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lies

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Proverbs 19:9

• שְׁ֭קָרִיםshekarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lies

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Proverbs 20:17

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

Proverbs 21:6

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.

Proverbs 25:14

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 25:18

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 26:28

• שֶׁ֭קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Proverbs 29:12

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Proverbs 31:30

• שֶׁ֣קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

Isaiah 9:15

• שֶּׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”

Isaiah 28:15

• וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶרuvashekerconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and in the deception

The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isaiah 32:7

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Isaiah 44:20

• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

Isaiah 57:4

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Isaiah 59:3

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Isaiah 59:13

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:10

• בְּשֶׁ֖קֶרbeshekerpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with deception

Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 3:23

• לַשֶּׁ֛קֶרlashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the deception

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

Jeremiah 5:2

• לַשֶּׁ֖קֶרlashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 5:31

• בַשֶּׁ֗קֶרvashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the falsehood

“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Jeremiah 6:13

• שָּֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

Jeremiah 7:4

• הַשֶּׁ֖קֶרhashekerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the deception

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Jeremiah 7:8

• הַשָּׁ֑קֶרhashakerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the deception

Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 7:9

• לַשֶּׁ֖קֶרlashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood

How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

Jeremiah 8:8

• לַשֶּׁ֣קֶרlashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: into the falsehood
• שֶׁ֥קֶרshekernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: falsehood of

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

• שָּֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

“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.

Jeremiah 9:3

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:5

• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:14

• שֶׁ֥קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

Jeremiah 13:25

• בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃bashakerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the falsehood

“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

Jeremiah 14:14

• שֶׁ֚קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood
• שֶׁ֜קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

Jeremiah 16:19

• שֶׁ֙קֶר֙shekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

Jeremiah 20:6

• בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ סbashakerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the falsehood

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

Jeremiah 23:14

• בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙bashekerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the falsehood

“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

Jeremiah 23:25

• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

Jeremiah 23:26

• הַשָּׁ֑קֶרhashakerthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the falsehood

“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:32

• שֶׁ֙קֶר֙shekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood
• בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖םbeshikreihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by falsehoods their

For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

Jeremiah 27:10

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.

Jeremiah 27:14

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Jeremiah 27:15

• לַשָּׁ֑קֶרlashakerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood

Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.

Jeremiah 27:16

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 28:15

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 29:9

• בְשֶׁ֔קֶרveshekerpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with falsehood

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

Jeremiah 29:21

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

Jeremiah 29:23

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

Jeremiah 29:31

• שָֽׁקֶר׃shakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.

Jeremiah 37:14

• שֶׁ֗קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: a lie

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”

Jeremiah 40:16

• שֶׁ֛קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

Jeremiah 43:2

• שֶׁ֚קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 51:17

• שֶׁ֥קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: deception

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

Ezekiel 13:22

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

Hosea 7:1

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

Micah 2:11

• וָשֶׁ֣קֶרvashekerconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and falsehood

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Micah 6:12

• שָׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

Habakkuk 2:18

• שָּׁ֑קֶרshakernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

Zechariah 5:4

• לַשָּׁ֑קֶרlashakerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood

do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

Zechariah 8:17

• שֶׁ֖קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

Zechariah 10:2

• שֶׁ֔קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

Zechariah 13:3

• שֶׁ֥קֶרshekernoun · masculine singulartagged: falsehood

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 3:5

• לַשָּׁ֑קֶרlashakerpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the falsehood