18 Bible Verses about Deception, Forbidden By God
Most Relevant Verses
" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};
An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.
Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor nor deceive with your lips.
'And you shall not falsely bear evidence against your neighbor.
He who will speak truth will reveal righteousness, but the witness of falsehood, deceit.
A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.
" 'You shall not commit injustice in regulation, in measurement, in weight, or volume.
"There shall not be {for your use} in your bag {two kinds of stone weights, a large one and a small one}.
Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.
Shall I regard as pure [the one] with scales of wickedness, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny [him], [because they] are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.
"Cursed is the one who cheats, who has in his flock a male and vows [it], but [instead] sacrifices a blemished one to the Lord! For I [am] a great king," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name [is] awesome among the nations."
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean! In the [same] way, on the outside you also appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Therefore, the one who teaches someone else, do you not teach yourself? The one who preaches not to steal, do you steal?
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