One Lie Leads to Another Lie

In his poem One lie leads to another lie, Francis Duggan writes in the second stanza:

          One lie leads to another lie that always is the case
          Your first lie for deception and your second to save face
          And when you are faced with the truth the truth you will deny
          And to lie to you comes easy so you tell another lie.

Lying is exhausting and habit forming. Our first foray into lying is torturous and difficult to keep up. But as time goes on, lying becomes instinctive and the truth is hard to find. The end of such a life is loneliness and fear. Fear of wondering when all of the lies will come crashing down us. Only then do we realize that integrity leads to security.

Proverbs 10:9

          The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be
          found out.