18 Bible Verses about Deception, Forbidden By God
Most Relevant Verses
Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.
Neither shall thou bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.
A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
They profess to know God, but in their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and worthless for every good work.
But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to LORD a blemished thing. For I am a great King, says LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the Gentiles.
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal?
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