18 Bible Verses about Deception, Forbidden By God
Most Relevant Verses
"'You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.
The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.
You must not offer false testimony against another.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
"There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
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