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It’s Harder to Deceive an Honest Person

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"You speak the truth, that is plain: the Men of the Mark [that is, the men of Rohan] do not lie, and therefore they are not easily deceived."

—Eomer, a military leader of the people of Rohan, to Aragorn, king of Gondor, in The Lord of the Rings

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Exodus 20:16
Deuteronomy 25:15–16
Psalm 15:1–3
Proverbs 12:22
Matthew 5:33–37
Ephesians 4:25
Colossians 3:9–10
2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
2 Timothy 3:8
2 Timothy 3:13
James 5:12
1 Peter 3:1–12

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