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Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it (John viii. 44). The liar, then, is a legitimate son of this lying father. He speaks as he is inspired by that black spirit of perdition.
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Thou never liest, says Bishop Hopkins,
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These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him: A proud look, A LYING TONGUE, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A FALSE WITNESS THAT SPEAKETH LIES, and he that soweth discord among his brethren (Prov. vi. 16-19).
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LYING LIPS are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are His delight
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Surely, says the Lord of His children,
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(Isa. lxiii. 8). On the contrary, it is affirmed of the wicked that they
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(Ps. lviii. 3). Again it is said,
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Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness (Ps. lii. 2, 3). The wicked
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(Ps. lxii. 4). Again it is said,
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Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood (Ps. vii. 14). Jeremiah's description of his people answers to the character of the liar in our day.
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They bend their tongues like their bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth, for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not Me, saith the Lord.
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They will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity
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To say a man lieth, says Montaigne,
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Whosoever lies, observes Hopkins,
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A liar, remarks Bacon,
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The meanness of lying, says Gilpin,
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Dishonour waits on perfidy. The villain Should blush to think a falsehood; 'tis the crime Of cowards.
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Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth.
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And, secret one! what hast thou done To compare, in thy tumid pride, with me? _I_, whose career, through the blasted year, Has been tracked by despair and agony.
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What have I done? I have torn the robe From Baby Truth's unsheltered form, And round the desolated globe Borne safely the bewildering charm: My tyrant-slaves to a dungeon floor Have bound the fearless innocent, And streams of fertilizing gore Flow from her bosom's hideous rent, Which this unfailing dagger gave.... I dread that blood!--no more--this day Is ours, though her eternal ray Must shine upon our grave. Yet know, proud Vice, had I not given To thee the robe I stole from heaven, Thy shape of ugliness and fear Had never gained admission here.
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I hate and abhor lying;
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A righteous man hateth lying;
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The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. They pray against the sin,
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Remove from me the way of lying;
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Remove far from me vanity and lies. They do not respect those who are guilty of the sin.
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Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies;
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He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
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Here we see the brood of evils associated with lying.
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A lying tongue, says Solomon,
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It not only afflicts, but hates them whom it does afflict--hates them under the calamity of which itself has been the cause.
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A liar, he again says,
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He listens to lies, to slander, to cursing, to profanity, and the various evils constituting a