Maybe it's a result of our truth bias - that we just don't notice the lies around us. Maybe it's our tendency to minimize our own sins. But it seems to me that we underestimate the gravity of lying as a sin.
The Bible has some serious, serious warnings against lying found throughout both the Old and New Testaments. God does not take lying lightly.
Proverbs 6:16-19 well represents God's attitude towards lies as well as some of the other sinful behaviors He associates with lying:
"There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers."
Lying is "an abomination" in God's eyes! It is a behavior He HATES. I am not sure Scripture could put it any more sternly.
We need to disabuse ourselves of the notion that lying is no big deal.
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