12 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

So once for all get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all sorts of slander,

to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses;

For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.

Do not be deceived anymore; God is not to be scoffed at. A person will reap just what he sows, whatever it is.

Stop letting anyone deceive you with groundless arguments about these things, for it is because of these very sins that God's anger comes down upon the disobedient.

Do not let anybody at all deceive you about this, because that cannot take place until the great revolt occurs and the representative of lawlessness is uncovered, the one who is doomed to destruction,

Dear children, avoid letting anyone lead you astray. Whoever practices doing right is upright, just as He is upright.

I am saying this to keep anyone from misleading you by persuasive arguments.

For our appeal did not originate from a delusion or an impure motive; it was not made in fraud;

in honor or dishonor, in slander or praise; considered a deceiver and yet true,

Take care that nobody captures you by the idle fancies of his so-called philosophy, following human tradition and the world's crude notions instead of Christ.