28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

If a soul sins, and commits a trespass against the LORD, and lies unto his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor;

Or has found that which was lost, and lies concerning it, and swears falsely; in any of all these that a man does, sinning therein:

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.

Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.

Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking,

O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed their flocks and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

That you put off concerning the former way of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Thus says the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come the falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

And this I say, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food needful for me:

[A prayer of David.] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive: