Quotes:
Trust can’t live in the same space as secrets and lies.
Melanie Nijenhuis
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“Secrets are lies by another name.”
Michael Morpurgo
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There are no secrets that time does not reveal.
Jean Racine
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Secrets and lies kill relationship.
no matter how careful you are,
you will get caught.
Author Unknown
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You always have the freedom to choose any sin you want – of anykind,
yet you never get to choose the consequences of that sin.
And concerning
“Secrets and Lies,”
you again have a choice.
You can humble yourself by walking in the Light
or
If (or when) you get caught the outcome is far more painful
than if you have had humbled yourself in the first place.
Mike Caven
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A story of a Deceiver (Liar) in Scripture
The Story of Jacob
In Genesis 26 (starting verse 34)
Jacob and his mother, lied to his father Isaac and in so doing stoled Esau’s blessing. As a result of not trusting God Jacob spent a great part of his life dealing with the consequences’s of that deception, of a lie to his father. Did God eventually redeem this situation? Yes! Nevertheless this story in scripture, shows the negative outcome of this one lie.
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Bible Verses About Secrets and Lies
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Secrets
would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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Secrets
This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets
through Jesus Christ,
as my gospel declares.
Romans 2:16 (NIV)
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Secrets
...as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare.
1 Corinthians 14:25 (NIV)
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Lies
There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)
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Lies
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will perish.
Proverbs 19:9 (NIV)
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Lies
The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Proverbs 12:22 (NIV)
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Lies
No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
Psalms 101:7 (NIV)
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Lies
Do not lie to each other,
since you have taken off your old self with its practices and
have put on the new self,
which is being renewed in knowledge
in the image of its Creator.
Colossians 3:9-10 (NIV)
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Secrets
For there is nothing hidden
that will not be disclosed, and
nothing concealed that will not be known or
brought out into the open.
Luke 8:17 (NIV)
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Lies
Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 12:19 (NIV)
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Lies
Whoever says,
“I know him,”
but does not do what he commands is a liar, and
the truth is not in that person.
1 John 2:4 (NIV)
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Lies
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and
speak truthfully to your neighbor,
for we are all members of one body.
Ephesians 4:25 (NIV)
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Lies
You belong to your father, the devil, and
you want to carry out your father’s desires.
He was a murderer from the beginning,
not holding to the truth,
for there is no truth in him.
When he lies,
he speaks his native language,
for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44 (NIV)
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Lies
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Exodus 20:16 (NIV)
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If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned,
we make him out to be a liar and
his word is not in us.
1 John 1:9 -10 (NIV)
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Lies
But the cowardly,
the unbelieving,
the vile,
the murderers,
the sexually immoral,
those who practice magic arts,
the idolaters and
all liars—
they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
This is the second death.”
Revelation 21:8 (NIV)
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Lies
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—
would you use your lips to mislead?
Proverbs 24:28 (NIV)
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Lies
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will not go free.
Proverbs 19:5 (NIV)
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Lies
But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,
and these defile them.
For out of the heart come
evil thoughts—
murder,
adultery,
sexual immorality,
theft,
false testimony,
slander.
These are what defile a person;
but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
Matthew 15:18-20 (NIV)
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