19 Bible Verses about Deception In Fallen Human Nature
Most Relevant Verses
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?
But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.
Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.
For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.
The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!
Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.
"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer. People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.
"Ephraim surrounds me with lies, and the house of Israel surrounds me with deceit, But Judah still rules with God, and remains faithful, along with the godly ones."
Woe to this city, contaminated with shed blood, all full of lies and robberies it is never without victims!
It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.
because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips,
But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.
One of their very own prophets said, "Liars ever, men of Crete, savage brutes that live to eat."
