11 Bible Verses about Deception, Christians Must Not Practice
Most Relevant Verses
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
And 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.
How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit!
“The remnant of Israel will do no wrong
And tell no lies,
Nor will a deceitful tongue
Be found in their mouths;
For they will feed and lie down
With no one to make them tremble.”
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,
For,
“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
