23 Bible Verses about Deceiving Oneself

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;

For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.

Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

Thus saith Jehovah: Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans are certainly gone away from us; for they are not gone.

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

For if any man reputes himself to be something, being nothing, he deceives himself;

But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

For ye deceived yourselves in your own souls, when ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.

If any one think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving 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 darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside and serve other gods, and bow down to them,

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.

Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy nest high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.