19 Bible Verses about Deception In Fallen Human Nature

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?

“They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their mind prepares deception.”

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,
Her residents speak lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

I said in my alarm,
“All men are liars.”

The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
“Everyone deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves committing iniquity.

Ephraim surrounds Me with lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
Judah is also unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage;
Her prey never departs.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”