23 Bible Verses about Deceiving Oneself
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it:
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him,'say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.
As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
