Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lies' occurs 59 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lies' in the standard works and contain 13.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Isa. 59:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


Hosea 11:12-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 50 205 255
Gen. 0 10 10
Ex. 0 14 14
Lev. 0 1 1
Num. 0 81 81
Deut. 0 2 2
Josh. 0 43 43
Judg. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 0 3 3
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 0 14 14
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 2 1 3
Ps. 5 5 10
Prov. 7 1 8
Eccl. 0 2 2
Song. 0 6 6
Isa. 6 2 8
Jer. 10 6 16
Ezek. 6 2 8
Dan. 1 0 1
Hosea 5 0 5
Amos 1 2 3
Micah 1 0 1
Nahum 1 1 2
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 2 3
NT 1 7 8
BM 5 24 29
DC 1 33 34
PGP 2 4 6
TOTAL 59 273 332

Hosea 7:3
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Hosea 7:13
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

Hosea 10:13
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Hosea 11:12
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.