4 Bible Verses about Deception, Forbidden By God

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown Him; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for anything good.

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead people's bones and everything that is unclean! So you, too, on the outside seem to people to be upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"So why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not practice what I tell you?

you who teach others, do you not teach yourself too? You who preach that men should not steal, do you steal yourself?