1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain
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H8267 — שֶׁ֫קֶר
she.qer · deception · Hebrew/Aramaic
108 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 5:9 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”Exodus 20:16 · שָֽׁקֶר׃ סYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Exodus 23:7 · שֶׁ֖קֶרStay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.Leviticus 6:3 · שָׁ֑קֶרor finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—Leviticus 6:5 · לַשֶּׁקֶר֒or 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 19:12 · לַשָּׁ֑קֶרYou must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Deuteronomy 19:18 · שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ · שֶׁ֖קֶרThe judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,1 Samuel 25:21 · לַשֶּׁ֨קֶרNow David had just said, “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.2 Samuel 18:13 · שֶׁ֔קֶרIf I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”1 Kings 22:22 · שֶׁ֔קֶרAnd 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 22:23 · שֶׁ֔קֶרSo 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.”2 Kings 9:12 · שֶׁ֔קֶר“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”2 Chronicles 18:21 · שֶׁ֔קֶרAnd 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 18:22 · שֶׁ֔קֶרSo 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.”Job 13:4 · שָׁ֑קֶרYou, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.Job 36:4 · שֶׁ֣קֶרFor truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.Psalm 7:14 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.Psalm 27:12 · שֶׁ֝֗קֶרDo not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.Psalm 31:18 · שָׁ֥קֶרMay lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.Psalm 33:17 · שֶׁ֣קֶרA horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.Psalm 35:19 · שֶׁ֑קֶרLet not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.Psalm 38:19 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.Psalm 52:3 · שֶׁ֓קֶר׀You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. SelahPsalm 63:11 · שָֽׁקֶר׃But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.Psalm 69:4 · שֶׁ֑קֶרThose 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.Psalm 101:7 · שְׁקָרִ֑יםNo one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.Psalm 109:2 · שָֽׁקֶר׃For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.Psalm 119:29 · שֶׁ֭קֶרRemove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.Psalm 119:69 · שֶׁ֣קֶרThough the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.Psalm 119:78 · שֶׁ֣קֶרMay the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.Psalm 119:86 · שֶׁ֖קֶרAll Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!Psalm 119:104 · שָֽׁקֶר׃I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.Psalm 119:118 · שֶׁ֝֗קֶרYou reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.Psalm 119:128 · שֶׁ֣קֶרTherefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.Psalm 119:163 · שֶׁ֣קֶרI hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.Psalm 120:2 · שֶׁ֑קֶרDeliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.Psalm 144:8 · שָֽׁקֶר׃whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.Psalm 144:11 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.Proverbs 6:17 · שָׁ֑קֶרhaughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Proverbs 6:19 · שָׁ֑קֶרa false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.Proverbs 10:18 · שָׁ֑קֶרThe one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.Proverbs 11:18 · שָׁ֑קֶרThe wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.Proverbs 12:17 · שְׁקָרִ֣יםHe who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.Proverbs 12:19 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.Proverbs 12:22 · שָׁ֑קֶרLying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.Proverbs 13:5 · שֶׁ֭קֶרThe righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.Proverbs 14:5 · שָֽׁקֶר׃An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.Proverbs 17:4 · שֶׁ֥קֶרA wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.Proverbs 17:7 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!Proverbs 19:5 · שְׁ֭קָרִיםA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.Proverbs 19:9 · שְׁ֭קָרִיםA false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.Proverbs 20:17 · שָׁ֑קֶרFood gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.Proverbs 21:6 · שָׁ֑קֶרMaking a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.Proverbs 25:14 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.Proverbs 25:18 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.Proverbs 26:28 · שֶׁ֭קֶרA lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.Proverbs 29:12 · שָׁ֑קֶרIf a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.Proverbs 31:30 · שֶׁ֣קֶרCharm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.Isaiah 9:15 · שֶּׁ֖קֶרThe head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.Isaiah 28:15 · וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶרFor 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 32:7 · שֶׁ֔קֶרThe 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 44:20 · שֶׁ֖קֶרHe 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 57:4 · שָֽׁקֶר׃Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,Isaiah 59:3 · שֶׁ֔קֶרFor your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.Isaiah 59:13 · שָֽׁקֶר׃rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.Jeremiah 3:10 · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶרYet 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 3:23 · לַשֶּׁ֛קֶרSurely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.Jeremiah 5:2 · לַשֶּׁ֖קֶרAlthough they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”Jeremiah 5:31 · בַשֶּׁ֗קֶרThe 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 6:13 · שָּֽׁקֶר׃“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.Jeremiah 7:4 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶרDo not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’Jeremiah 7:8 · הַשָּׁ֑קֶרBut look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.Jeremiah 7:9 · לַשֶּׁ֖קֶרWill you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,Jeremiah 8:8 · לַשֶּׁ֣קֶר · שֶׁ֥קֶרHow 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 8:10 · שָּֽׁקֶר׃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 9:3 · שֶׁ֔קֶר“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 9:5 · שֶׁ֖קֶרEach one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.Jeremiah 10:14 · שֶׁ֥קֶרEvery 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 13:25 · בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.Jeremiah 14:14 · שֶׁ֚קֶר · שֶׁ֜קֶר“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 16:19 · שֶׁ֙קֶר֙O 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 20:6 · בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ סAnd 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 23:14 · בַּשֶּׁ֙קֶר֙And 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 23:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶר“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’Jeremiah 23:26 · הַשָּׁ֑קֶרHow long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?Jeremiah 23:32 · שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ · בְּשִׁקְרֵיהֶ֖ם“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 27:10 · שֶׁ֔קֶרFor they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.Jeremiah 27:14 · שֶׁ֔קֶרDo 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 27:15 · לַשָּׁ֑קֶרFor 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 27:16 · שֶׁ֔קֶרThen 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 28:15 · שָֽׁקֶר׃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 29:9 · בְשֶׁ֔קֶרFor they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 29:21 · שָׁ֑קֶרThis 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 29:23 · שֶׁ֔קֶרFor 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 29:31 · שָֽׁקֶר׃“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 37:14 · שֶׁ֗קֶר“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 40:16 · שֶׁ֛קֶרBut 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 43:2 · שֶׁ֚קֶרAzariah 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 51:17 · שֶׁ֥קֶרEvery 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.Hosea 7:1 · שָׁ֑קֶרWhen 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.Micah 2:11 · וָשֶׁ֣קֶרIf 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 6:12 · שָׁ֑קֶרFor the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.Habakkuk 2:18 · שָּׁ֑קֶרWhat 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.Zechariah 5:4 · לַשָּׁ֑קֶרI 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 8:17 · שֶׁ֖קֶרdo 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 10:2 · שֶׁ֔קֶרFor 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 13:3 · שֶׁ֥קֶרAnd 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.Malachi 3:5 · לַשָּׁ֑קֶר“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.