Topic

Deceit

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Psalms 101:7

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

Proverbs 6:16–19

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 20:17

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Proverbs 26:24–26

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. — read the full passage →

Psalms 120:2

Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Romans 16:18

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Psalms 36:3

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Colossians 2:8

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

Psalms 43:1

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

1 Peter 3:10

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

Mark 7:20–23

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

1 Peter 2:1

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

Proverbs 24:28

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 12:17

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

2 Timothy 3:12–15

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Jeremiah 9:6

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.

Psalms 5:6

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Colossians 3:9–10

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

1 Peter 2:22

who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”

Ephesians 4:14

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit.” “The poison of vipers is under their lips”;

Job 27:4

surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

Proverbs 14:25

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

Psalms 32:2

Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Leviticus 19:11

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

Proverbs 27:6

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

Proverbs 11:18

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Psalms 35:20

For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.”

Jeremiah 14:14

Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn’t send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

Colossians 3:9

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

Psalms 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

Psalms 55:23

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Mark 7:22

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

Psalms 119:118

You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

James 1:26

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

1 Timothy 2:14

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

Galatians 5:19–21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Matthew 24:24

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Psalms 38:12

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

Jeremiah 9:5

They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Psalms 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit, they refuse to return.

Isaiah 53:9

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Genesis 3:4

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

Revelation 14:5

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

Deuteronomy 11:16

Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

John 8:32

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Obadiah 1:3–7

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ — read the full passage →

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. Judah still strays from God, and is unfaithful to the Holy One.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Psalms 12:2

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Proverbs 26:24

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

2 Peter 2:13

receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

Matthew 7:15

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

Proverbs 14:5

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Psalms 72:14

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Proverbs 26:18–19

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:27–28

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →

Psalms 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

Job 31:5

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

Galatians 6:7

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Jeremiah 9:7–9

Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people? — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

1 Peter 3:10–12

For, “He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:1

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

James 3:18

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Jeremiah 37:9

Thus says Yahweh, Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.

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