22 Bible Verses about Men Deceiving

Their mouths speak lies, and their right hand deceives,

Like the maniac who shoots fiery darts and deadly arrows that's what someone is like who lies to his neighbor and then says, "I was joking, wasn't I?"

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

Look, all the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon, and will say, "These friends of yours have mislead you and overcome you. Your feet have sunk down into the mire, but they have turned away.'

Why has this people turned away? Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy? They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.

Therefore, I'll give their wives to others, and their fields to new owners. Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself.

and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you?

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel.

Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.

From the time that an alliance is made with him, he'll act deceitfully, and he will go up and take power with only a small group of nations.

Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.

For there are many people who are rebellious, especially those who are converts from Judaism. They speak utter nonsense and deceive people.

Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.

If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people,

Your prophets look on your behalf; they see false and deceptive visions. They did not expose your sins in order to restore what had been captured. Instead, they crafted oracles for you that are false and misleading.