28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

"'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

"'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all deceit, and hypocrisy, and envy, and all slander,

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Who may ascend to the LORD's hill? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

Blessed is the man to whom the LORD doesn't impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait for him. Shall I not visit them for these things?" says the LORD; "shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"