28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

If any of you sin against Jehovah by failing to do your duty, if you lie to your neighbor about something you were supposed to take care of or if you lie about something stolen or seized from your neighbor, you are sinning and will be guilty.

If you find something that someone lost and lie about it under oath, or commit any other sin like this,

Blessed is the person whom Jehovah no longer accuses of sin and who has no deceitful thoughts.

The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home. The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence.

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

Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Do not witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with you lips.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth. Get rid of devious speech.

Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk.

O sons of men, how long will my glorious honor be turned into shame? How long will you love empty, worthless things and search for the lie?

The faithful few (remnant) in Israel will not do wrong, tell lies, or use their tongues to deceive others. They will feed their sheep and lie down, and there will be no one making trouble for them.

You put away your former way (course) (behavior) (conversation) of life, the old self that was corrupt with the lusts of deceit.

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

He warns you: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah cannot save you.'

Do not be deceived. God is not mocked! A man will harvest what he sows.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Do not let anyone deceive you about this in any way. That day will not come unless apostasy (a falling away from truth) takes place first, and the man of lawlessness (sin), the man of destruction, is revealed. (2 Timothy 4:3)

My little children let no man deceive you! He who practices righteousness is righteous, even as he [Christ] is righteous.

I tell you this: Do not let anyone deceive you with false arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.

Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me.

([Psalm of David]) Hear my plea for justice, O Jehovah. Pay attention to my cry. Open your ears to my prayer, spoken without deceit.

For our presentation (exhortation) is not based on error, or of uncleanness, or in deceit.

by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

See to it that no one enslaves you by means of philosophy and worthless deceit of human wisdom according to tradition of men. It is according to the elementary principles of the world, and not from Christ.

O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.

This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Do not let the prophets or the mediums among you trick you. Do not even listen to your own dreams.

It will happen! The prophets, each one of them will be ashamed of his vision and his prophesy. They will not wear a hairy mantle to deceive.