43 Bible Verses about Lying And Deceit
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for the mouths of wicked and deceitful people are opened against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking uprightly. Interlude
Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth. Feed me with food that I need for today,
Remove false paths from me; and graciously give me your instruction.
Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.
A deceitful person will not sit in my house; A liar will not remain in my presence.
"Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel surrounds me with deceit, But Judah still rules with God, and remains faithful, along with the godly ones."
Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices
But they deceived him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
"And the LORD asked him, "How?' ""I will go,' he announced, "and I will be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all of his prophets!' "So the LORD said, "You're just the one to deceive him. You will be successful. Go and do it.'
Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.
""I will go,' he announced, "and I will be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all of his prophets!' "So the LORD said, "You're just the one to deceive him. You will be successful. Go and do it.'
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.
You yourself live in the midst of deception, and because they are deceived they do not know me," declares the LORD.
People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.
"Now therefore, listen! The LORD has placed a lying spirit in the mouth of all of these prophets of yours, because the LORD has determined to bring disaster upon you."
Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!
Now as for the two kings, their intentions will be evil, and they'll promote deception at their dinner table, but none of this will succeed, because the end won't have come yet.
You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the person of bloodshed and deceit.
Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.
Peter asked, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart so that you should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money you got for the land?
they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.
He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, "There's a lie in my right hand."
How long will this go on? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy from the deceit that is in their hearts?
Rescue me and deliver me from the control of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies, and whose right hand deceives.
If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and his word has no place in us.
"I'm a prophet like you," the old man replied, "and an angel spoke to me and delivered this message from the LORD: "Bring him back with you to your house and give him food and water.'" But he was lying,
If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
The survivors of Israel will not practice lawlessness nor tell lies, nor will a deceitful message be found in their mouths, because they will eat and rest, with no one to cause fear."
Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
"He never sinned, and he never told a lie."
For they are a rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to hear the LORD's instruction.
