Exodus 20:
Midwives lied to Pharaoh in Exodus 1:
No, but let the Paraclete guide you in your conscience. As a rule of thumb, we should tell the truth.
Leviticus 19:16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Revelation 21:11b You must not lie or deceive one another. 12You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. 13a You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him.
On the other hand, there were excusable occasions in the Bible.8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Midwives lied to Pharaoh in Exodus 1:
Rahab lied in Joshua 2:19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”
Samson lied to Delilah in Judges 16:3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”
4But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
Is it always wrong to tell a lie or untruth?6So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
No, but let the Paraclete guide you in your conscience. As a rule of thumb, we should tell the truth.