Wherefore putting away lying,
speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. (Ephesians 4:25)
We have got nowadays so that we
divide lies into white lies and black lies, society lies, business lies, and so
on. The Word of God knows no such letting-down of the standard. A lie is a lie,
no matter what are the circumstances under which it is uttered, or by whom. I
have heard that in Siam they
sew up the mouth of a confirmed liar. I am afraid if that was the custom in
this land, a good many would suffer.
Parents should begin with their
children while they are young and teach them to be strictly truthful at all
times. There is a proverb: "A lie has no legs." It requires other
lies to support it. Tell one lie and you are forced to tell others to back it
up.
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