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Psalm 116:11 (WEB)
I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”

Fathers and councils · 10

Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2
“I suspect that you, like other men, have occasionally told a lie:for all men are liars, that God alone may be true,and that He may be justified in His words, and may prevail when He judges.” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11; Rom. iii. 4.
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Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2
“The Psalmist says Ps. cxvi. 11.” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 3
“The Psalmist sings,“Every man is a liar”; and this is supported by apostolical authority: “That God may be true,” says St. Paul, “and every man a liar”; and yet you have lips righteous, spotless, and free from all falsehood.” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo, Against Lying Chapter 40
“For indeed sometimes the name of lie is put for the name of sin: whence is that saying, “All men are liars.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11. [See R.V.]
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XIII.25Book XIII
“For by none other than Thy inspiration do I believe that I can speak the truth, since Thou art the Truth, but every man a liar.” — editor's note: Rom. iii. 4, and Ps. cxvi. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 37
“For “every man is a liar.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 116
““I said in my trance, All men are liars” (ver. 11).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 39
“Whereof if the soul is no partaker, every man is false; and if every man may be false, no man is true of himself.” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 111
“…God, the Only-begotten, who is co-eternal and equal with the Father, saith: He, who for our sakes became man, but became not, like every man besides, a liar, saith: the Way, the Life, the Truth saith: He who overcame the world, saith of those for whom He overcame it: listen, believe, hope, desire what He saith:…” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11.
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Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.10On Virginity
“…and intellectual world, and in his longing to speak a word worthy of the spectacle he bursts forth with that cry, which all re-echo, “Every man a liar!”” — editor's note: Ps. cxvi. 11.
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