28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.

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 and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.

For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?