9 Bible Verses about Deceit

Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel

Because ye said, We cut out a covenant with death, and with hades we did this; when this overflowing scourge passed through it shall not come to us, for we set falsehood our refuge, and in ahewe hid ourselves.,

For her rich ones were full of violence, and her inhabitants spake falsehood, and their tongue of deceit in their mouth.

I said in my alarm, Every man a lie.

The blameless one of hands and the clean of heart; who lifted not up his soul to vanity, and swore not for deceit

The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, and they shall not speak falsehood: and in their mouth shall not be found a tongue of deceit: for they shall feed and lie down, and none terrifying.

And guile was not found in their mouth: for they are blameless before the throne of God.

The pride of thy heart deceived thee, dwelling in the refuges of the rock, the height his seat; he said in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the earth?

Thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not lift up Your souls, saying, Departing, the Chaldeans will go from us: for they shall not go.

All the men of thy covenant sent thee even to the bound: the men of thy peace deceived thee, they prevailed against thee; they set thy bread a snare under thee: no understanding in him.

My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off.

The purposes of the just are judgment: the guidance of the unjust, deceit

For they will not speak peace: and against the quiet of the land they will purpose words of deceits.

But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craft, neither adulterating the word of God; but by manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every consciousness of man before God.

For our entreaty nor from error, nor from uncleanness, nor in deceit:

And Jehovah will say to me, The prophets are prophesying a lie in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spake not to them: a vision of falsehood and a divination, and nought, and the deceit of their heart they are prophesying to you.

How long is it in the heart of the prophets prophesying a lie, and prophesying the deceit of their heart?

Let none lead you astray with vain words: for by these things comes the anger of God upon the sons of disobedience.

See ye lest any be carrying you off by philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

He breathing out faithfulness will announce justice: and a witness of falsehoods, deceit

A witness of faithfulnesses will not lie: and a witness of falsehood will breathe out lies.

That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;

For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Thou shalt not be a witness gratuitously against thy neighbor, and deceive not with thy lips.

For he wishing to love life, and to see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit:

Go now to the flocks, and take to me from thence two kids of the she-goats good, and I will make them dainties for thy father, as that he loved.

And Jacob will say to his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I did according to that thou spakest to me: arise, now, sit and eat from my hunting, so that thy soul shall praise me.

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the well of destruction: men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days; and I will trust in thee.

For this, thus said Jehovah of armies, Behold me melting them, and I tried them; for how shall I do for the face of the daughter of my people? Their tongue a deadly arrow, speaking deceit; in his mouth he will speak peace to his neighbor, and be will lay his wait in his midst For these things, shall I not review upon them? says Jehovah; or shall not my soul be avenged upon a nation such as this?

And the serpent will say to the woman, Dying ye shall not die. For God is knowing in the day of your eating from it, and your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

To the overseer instruction to David: In the coming of Doeg the Edomite to Saul, and he will say to him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why wilt thou boast in evil, thou strong one? the mercy of God is all the day. Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.

And he will give with the unjust his grave, and with the rich in his deaths, for he did no violence, and no deceit in his mouth.

Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth:

My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off.

The purposes of the just are judgment: the guidance of the unjust, deceit

For they will not speak peace: and against the quiet of the land they will purpose words of deceits.

Judge me, O God, and contend my contention from a nation not godly: from the man of deceit and iniquity thou wilt deliver me.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, from a tongue of deceit.

His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.

The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.

His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.

Judge me, O God, and contend my contention from a nation not godly: from the man of deceit and iniquity thou wilt deliver me.

The blameless one of hands and the clean of heart; who lifted not up his soul to vanity, and swore not for deceit

Happy the man Jehovah will not reckon sin to him, and no deceit in his spirit

The blameless one of hands and the clean of heart; who lifted not up his soul to vanity, and swore not for deceit He shall receive a praise from Jehovah, and justice from God saving him.

And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved.

For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ.

That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;

For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not lift up Your souls, saying, Departing, the Chaldeans will go from us: for they shall not go.

The pride of thy heart deceived thee, dwelling in the refuges of the rock, the height his seat; he said in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the earth? If thou shalt exalt as the eagle, and set thy nest between the stars, from thence will I bring thee down, says Jehovah. If thieves came to thee, if those laying waste by night, (how thou wert destroyed!) will not they steal their sufficiency? If the grape gatherers came to thee will they not leave gleanings? read more.
How were they of Esau sought out! His hidden things were sought out All the men of thy covenant sent thee even to the bound: the men of thy peace deceived thee, they prevailed against thee; they set thy bread a snare under thee: no understanding in him.

He hating will be known by his lips, and he will set deceit in his midst; When his voice will compassionate, thou shalt not believe him, for seven abominations in his heart Hatred will be covered by deceit, his evil will be revealed in the convocation. read more.
He digging a pit shall fall into it: and he rolling a stone it shall turn back upon him. A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.

He hating will be known by his lips, and he will set deceit in his midst; When his voice will compassionate, thou shalt not believe him, for seven abominations in his heart Hatred will be covered by deceit, his evil will be revealed in the convocation.

And they will take Joseph's tunic, and will slaughter a he-goat of the goats, and will dip the tunic in the blood. And they will send the tunic, reaching down to the soles of the feet., and will bring to their father, and they will say, We found this: recognise now, is this thy son's tunic or not?

As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich. They became fat, they shone: they passed over words of evil: they judged not judgment, the judgment of the orphan, and they will give success; and the judgment of the needy they judged not.

And Jehovah will say to me, The prophets are prophesying a lie in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spake not to them: a vision of falsehood and a divination, and nought, and the deceit of their heart they are prophesying to you.

How long is it in the heart of the prophets prophesying a lie, and prophesying the deceit of their heart?

And he will change his understanding in their eyes, and he will be foolish in their hand, and he will mark upon the doors of the gate, and his spittle will come down upon his beard.

The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.

And evil men and impostors shall proceed to worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel

A witness of truth delivers souls: and deceit will breathe out lies.

The purposes of the just are judgment: the guidance of the unjust, deceit

As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.

Faithful the wounds of a friend; and abundant the kisses of an enemy.

His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.

The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.

The heart is deceitful above all, and man himself, who shall know him?

Faithful the wounds of a friend; and abundant the kisses of an enemy.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: and the folly of the foolish is deceit

Thou didst make light of all going astray from thy laws, for their deceit is falsehood.

Receiving the reward of injustice, deeming luxurious indulgence pleasure in the day. Spots and blemishes, rioting in their deceits, feasting together with you

And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten parts; and God gave him not to do evil by me.

And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.

Thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit; by deceit they refused to know me, says Jehovah.

Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.

Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity,

And Moses will say, Behold, I will go forth from thee, and pray for thee to Jehovah; and the gad-fly shall depart from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people, to-morrow: only Pharaoh shall not add to deceive, not to send away the people to sacrifice to Jehovah.

And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, Having gone, examine thoroughly concerning the child; and when ye should find, announce ye to me, so that I also, having gone, will worship him.

Therefore setting aside all wickedness, and all artifice, and dissimulation; and envies, and all calumnies,

From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood shall be precious in his eyes.

He doing deceit shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he speaking falsehoods shall not be prepared before mine eyes.

As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich. They became fat, they shone: they passed over words of evil: they judged not judgment, the judgment of the orphan, and they will give success; and the judgment of the needy they judged not.

Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:

Ephraim surrounded me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit: and Judah even ruled with God, and was faithful with the holy ones.

The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.

For many cheats come into the world, they not acknowledging Jesus Christ coming in the flesh. This is the cheat and antichrist.

Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness:

And after two days was the pascha, and the unleavened loaves: and the chief priests and scribes sought how, having taken him by fraud, they might kill.

For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ.

He conceiving trouble and he bringing forth vanity, and their belly shall prepare deceit

Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness:

Thou shalt destroy those speaking falsehood: a man of bloods and deceit Jehovah will abhor.

My brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall pass away;

If my lips shall speak iniquity, and my tongue if it shall murmur deceit

If I went with vanity, and my foot will haste upon deceit;

If my lips shall speak iniquity, and my tongue if it shall murmur deceit

A witness of truth delivers souls: and deceit will breathe out lies.

And in all deceit of iniquity in the lost; because they received not the love of the truth, for them to be saved.

Receiving the reward of injustice, deeming luxurious indulgence pleasure in the day. Spots and blemishes, rioting in their deceits, feasting together with you

And evil men and impostors shall proceed to worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; and afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel

The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.

For many cheats come into the world, they not acknowledging Jesus Christ coming in the flesh. This is the cheat and antichrist.

Thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit; by deceit they refused to know me, says Jehovah.

Their throat an opened tomb; with their tongues have they used deceit; the poison of asps under their lips:

Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity,

Wherefore did this people of Jerusalem turn away a continual turning away? they laid hold upon deceit; they refused to turn back.

And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.

He blessing his friend with a great voice, rising early in the morning, a curse shall be reckoned to him.

Mine eyes are upon the faithful of the earth, to dwell with me: he walking in a blameless way, he shall serve me. He doing deceit shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he speaking falsehoods shall not be prepared before mine eyes.

And he will say, My lord the king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle for me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and I will go to the king; for thy servant is lame.