28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

"'Ye shall not steal, neither lie, neither deal falsely one with another.

"Thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor.

"'Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither in meteyard, weight or measure.

They confess that they know God: but with the deeds they deny him and are abominable, and disobedient, and unto all good works discommendable.

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

but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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

Thou shalt destroy the liars; the LORD will abhor both the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Or should I justify the false balances and the bag of deceitful weights,

A just man will tell the truth, and show the thing that is right; but a false witness deceiveth.

A faithful witness will not dissemble; but a false record will make a lie.

A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or, who shall rise up in his holy place? Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

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

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.

God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and truth."

Therefore let us keep holiday, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of maliciousness and wickedness - but with the sweet bread of pureness and truth.

Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

Lie not one to another, that the old man with his works be put off,

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:

and in their mouths was found no guile. For they are without spot before the throne of God.

For all that do such things and all that do unright, are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.

Thou treadest down all them that depart from thy statutes, for they imagine but deceit.

Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit; but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.

Their tongues are like sharp arrows, to speak deceit. With their mouth they speak peaceably to their neighbour, but privily they lay wait for him. Should I not punish them for these things, sayeth the LORD? Or should I not be avenged of any such people as this?