The subject of lying, including false witness, is among the most common and serious of sins perpetrated habitually. It is serious because of the adverse, far reaching ramifications that it can induce within the social environment. Gossip is just one area where this sin cultivates either hostility or distress. Lying and false witness dishonours God for it shows a complete lack of respect for the great gift of freewill, a gift given to us by God as a freedom, for the purpose to love; to love not only God but to love one another. Lest we underestimate the seriousness of the sin these aphorisms emphasise the gravity of the offence.
'It is not clever to be a liar.'
'Struggling with lies is a common problem for those who have chosen evil directions.'
'If you allow jealousy to take root in you, expect the fruits to be revenge and deceitfulness.'
'If the truth is not important to you do not assume or expect to be accepted by the author of truth.'
'To attain high office through lying is to be in partnership with he who is adverse to goodness.'
