28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

'When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow;

or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all these which man doth, sinning in them:

O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow -- that also he shall reap,

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because -- if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed -- the son of the destruction,

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

and this I say, that no one may beguile you in enticing words,

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

for our exhortation is not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who are in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, that ye are causing them to dream;

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Ashamed are the prophets, each of his vision, in his prophesying, And they put not on a hairy robe to deceive.