But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”
and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?”
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
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