23 Bible Verses about Deceiving Oneself

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

He tends ashes. A deceived mind has lead him astray. It cannot be his life, nor can he say, "There's a lie in my right hand."

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

"You trusted in your own knowledge. You said, "No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge have misled you. You said in your heart, "I am the one, and there will be none besides me.'

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

"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.

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.

Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.

that you have deceived yourselves. Indeed, you yourselves sent me to the LORD your God, saying, "Pray to the LORD your God for us, and whatever the LORD our God tells us we will do.'

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

If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.

If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.

If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

Stop being deceived: "Wicked friends lead to evil ends."

Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:

Be careful! Otherwise, your hearts will deceive you and you will turn away to serve other gods and worship them.

Indeed, I hear many people whispering, "Terror on every side. Denounce him, let's denounce him!" All my close friends watch my steps and say, "Perhaps he will be deceived, and we can prevail against him and take vengeance on him."

Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the rule, deceived me and used it to kill me.

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you. You who live in hidden places in the rocks, who hold on to the heights of the hill, although you make your nest high like the eagle, I'll bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

but the worries of life, the deceitful pleasures of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.