Lying—Deceit. 
“Stamps God’s own name upon a lie just made 
To turn a penny in the way of trade.” 
— Cowper. 
B EWARE of the liar! The liar resembles the devil, for the devil is a 
liar and the father thereof. 
The liar is displeasing to God. God is truth itself, and therefore He 
abhors the liar. Our Lord did not speak as sharply of any one as of the 
Pharisees. And why ? Because they were hypocrites. 
The liar forfeits the trust of his fellow-men. 
A liar is not trusted when he speaks the truth; he is hated by God 
and man. Liars often do a great deal of harm. 
The liar falls into many other sins. “Show me a liar and I will 
show you a thief.” Where you find hypocrisy, you find cheating and all 
manner of evil practices. A liar cannot possibly be God-fearing. The 
Holy Spirit will flee from the deceitful. All the piety and devotion of one 
whose words serve to conceal, not to express his thoughts, is a mere sham; 
do not, therefore, associate with such a one, lest he corrupt you with his 
ungodly ways. Lying men are ivithout honor !— 
“Hateful to me, as are the gates of hell, 
Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, 
Utters another.” 
— Anon. 
