28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

If a soul sins, and acts unfaithfully against Jehovah, and lies to his neighbor as to a deposit-- or as to security, or by robbery, or has extorted his neighbor,

or has found that which was lost and lies concerning it and swears falsely-- in any of all these that a man does, sinning in it,

Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

He who works falsely shall not dwell within my house; he who tells lies shall not stay in my sight.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.

For he that wants to love life and to see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile.

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, nor deceive with your lips.

Put away from you a wicked mouth, and devious lips put far from you.

Therefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings, and all evil speakings,

O sons of men, how long will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after a lie? Selah.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue shall not be found in their mouth; for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

so says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. For he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap.

Let no man deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience.

Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as that One is righteous.

And I say this that not anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

remove far from me vanity and a lying word; give me neither poverty or riches; tear for me my portion of bread,

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah; listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, for it is not in lips of deceit.

For our exhortation to you was not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,

through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers and yet true;

my lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Beware lest anyone rob you through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

For so says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your fortune-tellers in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you dream.

And it shall be in that day, the prophets shall be ashamed, each one of his vision, when he prophesies. And they shall not wear a hairy garment to deceive.