9 Bible Verses about Deceit

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

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

Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter";

Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

I said in my alarm, "All mankind are liars."

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.

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."

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

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

Thus says the LORD, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.

All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you-- you have no understanding.

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

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.

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,

And the LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.

How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,

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

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

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.

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

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

Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.

Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me."

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.

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people? 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?

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

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.

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. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Thus says the LORD, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD. If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night-- how you have been destroyed!-- would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? read more.
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out! All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you-- you have no understanding.

Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. read more.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not."

Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

And the LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.

How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,

So he changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands and made marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.

The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich;

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

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

suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.

Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him."

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

From oppression and violence he redeems their life, and precious is their blood in his sight.

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and rich; they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit."

coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

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

My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,

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

"If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit;

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

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.

while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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

The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips."

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.

Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.

Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.

I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.' For your servant is lame.