18 Bible Verses about Deception, Forbidden By God
Most Relevant Verses
"'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with your lips.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
"'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.
Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
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