23 Bible Verses about Deceiving Oneself

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'

adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'

Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise.

Moreover, I, the Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.

Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the Lord your God and asked me, 'Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us what the Lord our God says and we will do it.'

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!

I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.