The Lies of the Temptress Heb. 3:13 THERE is a possible reference here, in this personification of Sin, as leading men away by lies, to the story of the First Temptation. There, the weapons of the Tempter were falsehoods. There was a lie about, the unlawfulness of the suggested act, insinuated rather than boldly spoken, ‘Hath God said, ye shall not eat?’ There was a lie about its disadvantages, ‘Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.’ There was a lie about its ultimate consequences, ‘Ye shall