THE FATE OF THE LIAR AND SLANDERER.
These sins are devilish, and the Bible is severe in its denunciations of them. It contains many solemn warnings. “Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. . . . The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off. . . . Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are His delight. . . . By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. . . . All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Whoso loveth and maketh a lie shall in no wise enter into the new Jerusalem.