Strong’s H8267 · Hebrew
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer · sheh'-ker
Origin from שָׁקַר (H8266);
Meaning an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
In the King James Version without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
In 107 verses of the King James Version
1–50 of 107
- Exodus 5:9Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- Leviticus 6:3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
- Leviticus 6:5Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
- Leviticus 19:12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 19:18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
- 1 Samuel 25:21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
- 2 Samuel 18:13Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
- 1 Kings 22:22And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
- 1 Kings 22:23Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
- 2 Kings 9:12And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
- 2 Chronicles 18:22Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
- Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- Job 36:4For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
- Psalms 7:14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
- Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Psalms 33:17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
- Psalms 35:19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- Psalms 38:19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
- Psalms 52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
- Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
- Psalms 69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
- Psalms 101:7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
- Psalms 109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- Psalms 119:29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
- Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
- Psalms 119:78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- Psalms 119:86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- Psalms 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
- Psalms 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
- Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
- Psalms 119:163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
- Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
- Psalms 144:8Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Psalms 144:11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
- Proverbs 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
- Proverbs 12:17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
- Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
- Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
- Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
- Proverbs 17:4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
- Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.