“‘These are the things you shall do: speak each man the truth to his neighbor; give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace; let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; and do not love a false oath. For all these are things that I hate,’ says the Lord” (Zech 8:16-17).
A lying tongue is in the Top 7 of the things God hates. We know by experience that the trouble with stretching the truth is that it’s apt to snap back. Truth-tellers don’t need good memories!