23 Bible Verses about Deceiving Oneself

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?

He feeds on ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”

adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

You were secure in your wickedness;
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge
led you astray.
You said to yourself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.’

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will leave us for good,’ for they will not leave.

Don’t be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.

For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

You have led your own selves astray because you are the ones who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray to the Lord our God on our behalf, and as for all that the Lord our God says, tell it to us, and we’ll act accordingly.’

The sensible man’s wisdom is to consider his way,
but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, worship, and bow down to other gods.

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

As to the terror you cause,
your presumptuous heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagle,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.