8 Bible Verses about Deceit

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

Though I said in my fear, All men are false.

The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.

You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?

The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:

Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:

And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing. His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him. Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.

Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day? Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.

Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth? Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord. If thieves came, attacking you by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not go on taking till they had enough? if men came cutting your grapes would they take them all? read more.
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for! All the men who were united with you have been false to you, driving you out to the edge of the land: the men who were at peace with you have overcome you; they have taken their heritage in your place.

With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him; When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people. read more.
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again. A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.

With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him; When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death, And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth. They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

You have overcome all those who are wandering from your rules; for all their thoughts are false.

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord.

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth. They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

The deceit of Ephraim and the false words of Israel are about me on every side. ...

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.