38 Bible Verses about Deception

Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man.

For many seducers are entered into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ that came in the flesh.

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go, inquire exactly concerning the young child, and if ye find him, bring me word again, that I also may come and worship him.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Be not deceived. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

Let no one deceive you with vain words; for because of these things the wrath of God cometh upon the sons of disobedience.

Now I beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind or terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, unless the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

For if any man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves: For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he beheld himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what manner of man he was. read more.
But whoso looketh diligently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and continueth therein, this man being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word, this man shall be happy in his doing. If any one be ever so religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

If we say, we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Because thou sayst, I am rich, and have inriched myself, and have need of nothing, and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

For if any man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

If any one be ever so religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

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

If we say, we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

And behold, a certain scribe stood up, and trying him, said, Master, what shall I do, to inherit eternal life?

And after two days was the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might apprehend him by subtlety, and put him to death.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go, inquire exactly concerning the young child, and if ye find him, bring me word again, that I also may come and worship him.