8 Bible Verses about Trusting Deceptive Things

whose confidence is cut off and {whose trust} [is] a spider's house.

Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.

Do not trust in {the deceitful words}, {saying}, 'The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, they [are] the temple of Yahweh.'

Look, you [are] relying for yourselves on {deceitful words} without benefiting.

This [is] your lot, the portion of your measure from me," {declares} Yahweh, "because you have forgotten me, and you have trusted in the lie.

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Please listen, Hananiah, Yahweh has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

"Send to all the exiles, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: "Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I have not sent him, and he has made you trust in a lie,"

And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion} so that they will believe the lie,