Deception

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.

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

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. — read the full passage →

Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place? — read the full passage →

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them; — read the full passage →

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord; — read the full passage →

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; — read the full passage →

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. — read the full passage →

For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much. — read the full passage →

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men. — read the full passage →

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

And youdid he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins, — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; — read the full passage →

And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.