28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

If any one sin and act unfaithfully against Jehovah, and lie to his neighbour as to an entrusted thing or a deposit or that in which he hath robbed or wronged his neighbour,

or have found what was lost, and denieth it, and sweareth falsely in anything of all that man doeth, sinning therein;

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!

He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

The remnant of Israel shall not work unrighteousness, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: but they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

namely your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;

For we were once ourselves also without intelligence, disobedient, wandering in error, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of the king's hand.

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

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because it will not be unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;

Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

And I say this to the end that no one may delude you by persuasive speech.

Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report: as deceivers, and true;

My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

See that there be no one who shall lead you away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive.