28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

Ye shall not steal, - nor deceive nor lie one man to another;

Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.

Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, - in measures of extent, in weights in measures of capacity:

God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.

Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

But 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 unto every conscience of men, in the sight of God.

Let no one be deceiving you with empty words; for, because of these things, is coming the anger of God upon the sons of obstinacy:

Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, - The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.

Shall I be pure with lawless balances? or with bag of deceitful weights?

He that whispereth faithfulness, declareth righteousness, but, a false witness, is a fraud.

A faithful witness, will not deceive, but a false witness, uttereth deceitful things.

A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.

Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.

Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place? The clean of hands, and pure of heart, - who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully,

How happy the son of earth, to whom Yahweh will not reckon iniquity! and in whose spirit is no guile!

The remnant of Israel - will not do perversity, nor speak falsehood, neither shall there be found in their mouth a tongue of deceit, - surely, they, shall feed and lie down, with none to make them afraid.

God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

So then, let us be keeping the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of baseness and wickedness, - but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,

For, he that desireth to love, life, and to see good days, Let him cause his tongue to cease from mischief, and lips, that they speak not deceit;

and, in their mouth, was found no falsehood, - faultless, they are.

For an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, is every one that doeth these things, - every one that doeth unjustly.

But, thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will trust in thee.

Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.

Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.

The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, they who seek them seek death,

A pointed arrow, is their tongue Deceit, hath it spoken, - With his mouth peace unto his neighbour, doth one speak, But within himself, he layeth his ambush. For these things, shall I not bring punishment on them? Demandeth Yahweh, - On a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself!