18 Bible Verses about Deception, Forbidden By God
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Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in weight, in measure of length or of capacity.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small:
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate.
But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitened sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Thou therefore who teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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