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18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
From Refreshing Daily:
There are probably any number of reasons why people lie, but I believe the primary reason is because people fear the results of telling the truth.
Peter lied about being a disciple of Jesus (John 18:25) because he feared if he told the truth what they would do to him.
In II Kings 5, Gehazi lied to Elisha (verse 25) because he feared the consequences of telling the truth.
If we think about why we lie, usually it will be because we fear the results of telling the truth.
What we fail to realize is that lying gets us into “more” trouble while the truth sets us free.
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