28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

"You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

"You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

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

Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

Blessed is the man against whom the LORDcounts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully; with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?