Friends Never Joke About Lying
We should not lie and should never joke about lying to friends. Here, then, is a partial litmus test for true friendship. Passing this test is no guarantee of true friendship, but failing it is surely a sign of false friendship.
Proverbs 26:18, 19 NLT
“Just as damaging as a madman shooting a deadly weapon is someone who lies to a friend and then says, “I was only joking.—
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