“Often, in fact, when the Scriptures speak about the mouth, they refer to the intimate recesses of the heart, where one approves and determines what will eventually be spoken with the mouth, when one speaks the truth. It follows, then, that anyone who approves a lie is in his heart a liar. A person might not lie in his…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — On Lying 16:31
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6For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
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4For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
5For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
— Wisdom of Solomon 1:6 —
7For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
8Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.