O 'tis a lovely thing for youth <br />To early walk in wisdom's way; <br />To fear a lie, to speak the truth, <br />That we may trust to all they say! <br /> <br />But liars we can never trust, <br />Even when they say what is true. <br />And he who does one fault at first <br />And lies to hide it, makes it two. <br /> <br />Have we not known, nor heard, nor read <br />How God does hate deceit and wrong? <br />How Ananias was struck dead, <br />Caught with a lie upon his tongue? <br /> <br />So did his wife Sapphira die, <br />When she came in, and grew so bold <br />As to confirm that wicked lie, <br />Which just before her husband told. <br /> <br />The Lord delights in them that speak <br />The words of truth; but every liar <br />Must have his portion in the lake <br />That burns with brimstone and with fire.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/against-lying/
