8 Bible Verses about Trusting Deceptive Things

whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web.

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!"

"'But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie!

"Send a message to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, 'The Lord has spoken about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. "Shemaiah has spoken to you as a prophet even though I did not send him. He is making you trust in a lie.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.