John Bradshaw - Little White Lies
Research on lying, conducted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, showed that 21% of lies are told to avoid people, 20% are told as humor, 14% to protect oneself, only 2% of lies are told to hurt someone else, which is good I guess, or bad, who knows? 75% of those surveyed said that they lie between zero and two times a day, 11% of lies were big lies, while the rest, little white lies.
But God says in Exodus 20, verse 16, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor". That would be no lying, ever, which means Integrity in even the small areas of life, being honest in business, being careful not to mislead by giving a false impression, that's a lot. It goes to show that people really need Jesus. Let's be honest, lying isn't consistent with faith in God.