28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

“When someone sins and offends the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit, a security, or a robbery; or defrauds his neighbor;

or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do—

How joyful is the man
the Lord does not charge with sin
and in whose spirit is no deceit!

No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.

Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.

For the one who wants to love life
and to see good days
must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit,

Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.

Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah

The remnant of Israel will no longer
do wrong or tell lies;
a deceitful tongue will not be found
in their mouths.
But they will pasture and lie down,
with nothing to make them afraid.

You took off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires;

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; he can’t deliver you from my hand.

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.

through glory and dishonor,
through slander and good report;
as deceivers yet true;

my lips will not speak unjustly,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,

On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.