“He that speaks lies and shall perish.”
2Ki_5:15-27
2Ki_5:15
Gratitude was in the stranger’s bosom, he was not like those who receive great benefits and then go away to forget the giver. His gratitude prompted him to reward the prophet as well as to praise his Master.
2Ki_5:16
He wished Naaman to see that he was not like the mercenary priests who swarmed around him. Freely he had received, and freely he gave. From others Elisha received presents, he only declined in this case because he saw it to be best.
2Ki_5:17
Did he want this earth to make an altar with, according to the law? We may suppose so, but we cannot be sure.
2Ki_5:18
His faith was very weak, and he wanted some indulgence in a matter which would involve his position at court. It was a wrong request, and was passed over in silence. It may be that in due time Naaman outgrew all fear, and became as decided for Jehovah as we could wish to have seen him at the first.
2Ki_5:20
How profane to mix up the name of the Lord with his covetousness and falsehood. A man may live with a prophet, and yet be no better than he should be.
2Ki_5:22
Willful falsehood, every word of it!
2Ki_5:23-24
What benefit could these things be when he had to hide them away and leave them. Men lose their souls to get for themselves goods which are a trouble to them.
2Ki_5:25
One lie requires another to support it. The beginning of falsehood is as the breaking out of fire; no one knows where it will end.
2Ki_5:27
God in infinite mercy forbid that any one of us should provoke Him by untruth. Liars are not in these days punished with leprosy, but they will at the last have their portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: who can contemplate such a doom without trembling?
Since lying lips and all deceit
Are hateful in thy sight,
From crooked ways, Lord, keep my feet,
For truth is my delight.
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