Introduction The Bible is very clear that God is not a fan of lying. The ninth commandment prohibits “false testimony.”[1] Proverbs lists a “lying tongue” and a “lying witness” as two of the seven things God hates.[2] In describing the new life that Christians should live, Paul called on us to walk according to the “purity of the truth” and to “put[] away lying” and “speak the truth” to our neighbors.