28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

"'You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God's wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people.

I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

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

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down; no one will terrify them."

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

So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

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

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.

For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable.

Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them. I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the Lord. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!"