A person who wants to attach himself to the Holy One—so that his thoughts travel from one chamber to the next, seeing these chambers with his mind’s eye—should avoid speaking falsely, even accidentally.

One is permitted to distort the truth in order to preserve peace.

Those who tell lies are not worthy of receiving the Divine Presence.

A Tzaddik is permitted to act deceitfully with one who deceives others.

All those who add, detract.

Telling lies brings one to thoughts of idolatry.

By being truthful, a person will not die before his time.

The breath from a liar’s mouth gives rise to the evil inclination. When Mashiach comes, falsehood will cease to exist and so there will be no evil inclination in the world.

A person of truth can recognize in another if he is speaking falsely or not.

A sign that something is false is that it is opposed by the majority. The liar is one of the three types of people whom God despises.

Reason cannot tolerate a rich person’s deceit. Even he finds himself despicable.

Giving charity rectifies one’s speech.

Truth protects the world from all manner of harm.

Flattery leads to lying.

A person who gives charity merits attaining the truth.

The liar despises humility.

One can tell from a person’s servants whether he is fond of falsehood. This is because the one is dependent upon the other. There are times when a person’s servants fall into sin because he is a liar, and other times when he stumbles into falsehood because his servants behave improperly.

One who lacks truth lacks kindness. Such a person cannot deal {kindly} with people.

Falsehood delays redemption, for it brings a person’s sins out into the open, thus preventing him from being saved.

Truth redeems from all suffering.

A person should rather die, than live and be considered a liar by others.

Where there is truth, there is peace.

One who is far from the truth is far from charity.

Truth protects the sign of the brit.

By telling the truth, a person earns everlasting esteem.

When a husband and wife accustom themselves to lying, their children will be rebellious and sexually immoral.

A person will speak falsely when he is afraid of other people.

Falsehood causes a person to forget God.

A person who does not trust in God speaks falsely, and by telling lies becomes incapable of trusting the truth.

The further a person is from truth, the more he considers one who turns away from evil to be a fool.

Seeing that there is no truth in the world, a person who wants to turn away from evil must play the fool.

When a person does not speak falsely, God saves him in a time of misfortune. He will also be blessed with children.

Idle talk brings harm to one’s children.

A person steeped in idleness becomes forgetful.

Falsehood leads to immorality and strengthens the hand of evildoers so that they do not return to God in repentance.

A person who lies has no cure even with numerous medicines.

A person who tells lies is cut down. He also becomes a fool.

Fear of God brings a person to truth.

A person who guards himself from falsehood is always victorious.

It is permissible to alter the truth in order to save oneself from harm.

A person who is fond of falsehood will disgrace the Tzaddik, and will himself be shamed.

One who speaks falsely perishes.

Truth saves a person from slander. By telling the truth his prayers are accepted, and when judged on high, he will be judged according to his merits.

A person can tell from his dreams whether his heart is true with his God.

A person who keeps his word can accomplish great things.

One who has no haughtiness is saved from lies.

Whoever guards against frivolity is clearly a person of truth.

When someone who was a liar in a previous lifetime is reincarnated, he comes back left-handed.

When a person is careful and always speaks truthfully, it is like he created heaven and earth, the seas and all that they contain.

Falsehood applies only to the spoken word, not the written one.

The Torah, the Prophets and the Sages made use of hyperbole [in their teachings].