28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

"When a soul sinneth and trespasseth against the LORD, and denied unto his neighbour that which was taken him to keep, or that was put under his hand, or that which he hath violently taken away, or that which he hath deceived his neighbour of with subtlety,

or hath found that which was lost and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, in whatsoever thing it be that a man doth and sinneth therein;

Blessed is the man, unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.

If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:

Be no false witness against thy neighbour, and hurt him not with thy lips.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and let the lips of slander be far from thee.

Wherefore, lay aside all maliciousness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envy, and all backbiting:

O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

The remnant of Israel shall do no wickedness, nor speak lies: neither shall there any deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. For they shall be fed, and take their rest, and no man shall make them afraid.

so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,

For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

Thus sayeth the king, 'Let not Hezekiah beguile you, for he is not able to deliver you out of mine hand:

Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap.

Let no man deceive you with vain words. For through such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of unbelief.

Let no man deceive you by any means, for the Lord cometh not, except there come a departing first, and that that sinful man be opened, the son of perdition;

Little children, let no man beguile you; He that worketh righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

This I say lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.

{A Prayer of David} Hear the right, O LORD; consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Our exhortation was not to bring you to error, nor yet to uncleanness, neither was it with guile:

in honour and dishonour, in evil report and good report, as deceivers and yet true,

while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils.

Beware lest any man come and spoil you through philosophy and deceitful vanity, through the traditions of men, and ordinances after the world, and not after Christ.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue!

"For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Let not those prophets and soothsayers that be among you deceive you: and believe not your own dreams.

And then shall those prophets be confounded, everyone of his vision when he prophesieth: neither shall they wear sackcloth anymore, to deceive men withal.