22 Bible Verses about Men Deceiving

whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, so is the man that destroys his friend and says, Am I not in sport?

And they will deceive each one his neighbour and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

and, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have deceived thee and have prevailed against thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

Why then is this people of Jerusalem rebellious with a perpetual rebellion? They hold fast deceit; they refuse to return.

Therefore I will give their wives unto others and their fields unto those that shall inherit them: for each one from the least even unto the greatest is given to greed; from the prophet even unto the priest every one deals falsely.

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

He that hates dissembles with his lips and lays up deceit within him;

and said, O full of all deception and all licentiousness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; thus they became great and rich.

For they that are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly and by smooth words and blessings deceive the hearts of the simple.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Do not be desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

And after the union made with him he shall work deceit and shall rise and shall overcome with few people.

For these false apostles are deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

For there are many insubordinate and vain talkers and deceivers of souls, especially those of the circumcision,

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields (which you have kept back by fraud) cries out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of the hosts.

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

These things I have written unto you concerning those that seduce you.

And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.

Nun Thy prophets have preached vanity and foolishness unto thee; and they have not uncovered thine iniquity to turn away thy captivity but have preached unto thee vain prophecies and digressions.