11 Bible Verses about Deception, Christians Must Not Practice

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down; no one will terrify them."

God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

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

and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.