19 Bible Verses about Deception In Fallen Human Nature
Most Relevant Verses
The heart is deceitful above all, and man himself, who shall know him?
Not steadfast in his mouth; the midst of them mischiefs; their throat a grave opened; they will be smooth with their tongue,
His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.
For they will not speak peace: and against the quiet of the land they will purpose words of deceits.
The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.
For her rich ones were full of violence, and her inhabitants spake falsehood, and their tongue of deceit in their mouth.
Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:
My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off.
Watch ye each from his neighbor, and to any brother ye shall not trust, for every brother deceiving, will deceive, and every neighbor will go tale-bearing. And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.
Ephraim surrounded me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit: and Judah even ruled with God, and was faithful with the holy ones.
Wo! to the city of bloods: all of it was filled with falsehood, with violence; the prey will not withdraw.
For from the heart come forth evil reflections, slaughters, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, defamations:
For within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil reflections, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness:
Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity,
A certain of them said, their own prophet, The Cretians always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.
