Genesis 34:13

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Summary

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Deceitfully

General references

Genesis 34:31

Bible References

Deceitfully

When the boys grew up, Esau was an able and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet and peaceful man, living in tents.

Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm.”

Now it came about after two full years that Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons [to a party].

“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.

They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].

He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.

Rebelling against and denying the Lord,
Turning away from [following] our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.

The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for God’s wrath [and His judicial righteousness]; for it is written [in Scripture], “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek that which is good for one another and for all people.

and said, “You say this, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping.’

General references

But they said, “Should he [be permitted to] treat our sister as a prostitute?”