43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit
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For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.
You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
Keep me from the way of deceit
and graciously give me Your instruction.
Let lying lips be quieted;
they speak arrogantly against the righteous
with pride and contempt.
No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.
Ephraim surrounds me with lies,
the house of Israel, with deceit.
Judah still wanders with God
and is faithful to the holy ones.
But they deceived Him with their mouths,
they lied to Him with their tongues,
“The Lord asked him, ‘How?’
“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’
“Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.’
destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.
“So he said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’
“Then He said, ‘You will entice him and also prevail. Go and do that.’
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.
For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false,
You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
“You see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.”
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,
and its residents speak lies;
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
The two kings, whose hearts are bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
A truthful witness rescues lives,
but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?
transgression and deception against the Lord,
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
He feeds on ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
How long will this continue in the minds of the prophets prophesying lies, prophets of the deceit of their own minds?
Set me free and rescue me
from the grasp of foreigners
whose mouths speak lies,
whose right hands are deceptive.
He said to him, “I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet deceived him,
If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.
The remnant of Israel will no longer
do wrong or tell lies;
a deceitful tongue will not be found
in their mouths.
But they will pasture and lie down,
with nothing to make them afraid.
Lying lips are detestable to the Lord,
but faithful people are His delight.
He did not commit sin,
and no deceit was found in His mouth;
They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,
children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.
