an.4.82 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Lying

“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is cast down to hell.
What four?
They use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical.
Someone with these four qualities is cast down to hell.
Someone with four qualities is raised up to heaven.
What four?
They don’t use speech that’s false, divisive, harsh, or nonsensical.
Someone with these four qualities is raised up to heaven.”