9 Bible Verses about Deceit

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

I said in my haste, 'Every man is a liar.'

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

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.

and in their mouth there was not found guile, for unblemished are they before the throne of God.

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place is his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down to earth?')

'Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;

Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

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

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

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

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,

Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

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

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;

Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, such as he hath loved;

And Jacob saith unto his father, 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.'

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people? A slaughtering arrow is their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush, For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?

And the serpent saith unto the woman, 'Dying, ye do not die, for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day. Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.

who did not commit sin, nor was guile found in his mouth,

And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.

For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

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

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

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

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit. He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

for those such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

'Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place is his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down to earth?') If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah. If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings? read more.
How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things, Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart. Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly. read more.
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart. Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, and send the long coat, and they bring it in unto their father, and say, 'This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it is thy son's coat or not?'

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich. They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard.

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it?

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.

about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you,

and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

and Moses saith, 'Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

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

From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.

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

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich. They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

Compassed Me with feigning hath Ephraim, And with deceit the house of Israel. And Judah again is ruling with God, And with the Holy Ones is faithful!

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

because many leading astray did enter into the world, who are not confessing Jesus Christ coming in flesh; this one is he who is leading astray, and the antichrist.

thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

for those such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.

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

If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

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

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

about to receive a reward of unrighteousness, pleasures counting the luxury in the day, spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their deceits, feasting with you,

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled with gravel.

The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.

because many leading astray did enter into the world, who are not confessing Jesus Christ coming in flesh; this one is he who is leading astray, and the antichrist.

thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me. He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

And he saith, 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant is lame;