9 Bible Verses about Deceit

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

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

Because you said: "We have entered into a covenant with death, and we have an agreement with Sheol, so when the overwhelming scourge makes its choice, it cannot reach us, since we have made lies our refuge and have concealed ourselves inside falsehood,'

Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!

and speak hastily, "All people are liars!"

The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart; the person who does not delight in what is false and does not swear an oath deceitfully.

The survivors of Israel will not practice lawlessness nor tell lies, nor will a deceitful message be found in their mouths, because they will eat and rest, with no one to cause fear."

In their mouth no lie was found. They are blameless.

The arrogance in your heart has deceived you, who inhabit hidden places on rocky cliffs, whose dwelling is in the heights, who say continuously to yourself, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'

"This is what the LORD says: "Don't deceive yourselves by saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," "for they won't go.

All your allies will force you out of the land, your associates will deceive you and prevail against you. Your friends will lay out a trap for you, and you will never understand it!

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

For our appeal to you does not spring from deceit, impure motives, or trickery.

Then the LORD told me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I didn't send them, I didn't command them, and I didn't speak to them. They're proclaiming to you false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own minds.

How long will this go on? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy from the deceit that is in their hearts?

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

See to it that no one enslaves you through philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to the Messiah,

The truth teller speaks what is right, but the false witness speaks what is deceitful.

A trustworthy witness does not deceive, but a false witness spews lies.

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

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

Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it.

"I'm Esau, your firstborn!" Jacob told his father. "I've done what you asked, so please sit up and eat what I caught, so you can bless me."

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look, I'm about to refine and test them. Because they're my people, what else can I do? Their tongue is a deadly arrow that speaks deceit. With his mouth a person says, "Peace,' to his friend, but inwardly he sets a trap for him. Should I not punish them for these things?" asks the LORD, "and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?"

"You certainly will not die!" the Shining One told the woman. "Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil."

Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases. Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

Then they made his grave with the wicked, and with rich people in his death, although he had committed no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth."

"He never sinned, and he never told a lie."

Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.

You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.

Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart; the person who does not delight in what is false and does not swear an oath deceitfully.

How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart; the person who does not delight in what is false and does not swear an oath deceitfully. This person will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

"This is what the LORD says: "Don't deceive yourselves by saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," "for they won't go.

The arrogance in your heart has deceived you, who inhabit hidden places on rocky cliffs, whose dwelling is in the heights, who say continuously to yourself, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?' Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there," declares the Lord. "If thieves came against you, if marauding gangs by night Oh, how you will be destroyed! Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave some grapes to be gleaned? read more.
"Oh, how Esau is ransacked, how his hidden treasures are thoroughly searched out! All your allies will force you out of the land, your associates will deceive you and prevail against you. Your friends will lay out a trap for you, and you will never understand it!

Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself. Though he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart. Though malice disguises itself with deception, its evil will be exposed publicly. read more.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself. Though he speaks graciously, don't believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart. Though malice disguises itself with deception, its evil will be exposed publicly.

So they took Joseph's coat, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. Then they stretched out the richly-embroidered tunic to dry, and brought it to their father. "We've found this," they reported. "Look at it and see if this is or isn't your son's tunic."

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich, and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.

Then the LORD told me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I didn't send them, I didn't command them, and I didn't speak to them. They're proclaiming to you false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own minds.

How long will this go on? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy from the deceit that is in their hearts?

So David changed his behavior before them and acted like he was crazy in their presence. He scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down his beard.

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

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

A truthful witness saves lives, but the person who lies is deceitful.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes.

Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.

"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?

Wounds from someone who loves are trustworthy, but kisses from an enemy speak volumes.

The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.

You reject all who wander from your statutes, since their deceitfulness is vain.

suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.

Even so, your father has cheated me. He broke our wage agreement ten times. However, God didn't allow him to harm me.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

You yourself live in the midst of deception, and because they are deceived they do not know me," declares the LORD.

Why has this people turned away? Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy? They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

Moses said, "Right now I'm going to leave you, and I'll pray to the LORD that the swarms of insects may depart from Pharaoh, from his officials, and from his people tomorrow. But Pharaoh, don't continue lying by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD."

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence, since their lives are precious in his sight.

A deceitful person will not sit in my house; A liar will not remain in my presence.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich, and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

"Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel surrounds me with deceit, But Judah still rules with God, and remains faithful, along with the godly ones."

The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.

For they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; their womb is pregnant with deception."

adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the person of bloodshed and deceit.

But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow.

I won't speak lies nor will I utter deceit.

"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,

I won't speak lies nor will I utter deceit.

A truthful witness saves lives, but the person who lies is deceitful.

and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

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

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

You yourself live in the midst of deception, and because they are deceived they do not know me," declares the LORD.

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,

Why has this people turned away? Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy? They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

A friend's loud blessing early in the morning will be thought of as a curse.

My eyes are looking at the faithful of the land, so they may live with me; The one who lives a life of integrity will serve me. A deceitful person will not sit in my house; A liar will not remain in my presence.

He replied, "Well, your majesty, since your servant is lame, I told myself, "I'll have my donkey saddled and I'll ride on it so I can leave with the king.' But my servant Ziba deceived me