38 Bible Verses about Deception
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And Jesus answered and said to them, See that no man deceives you;
for such serve not our anointed Lord, but themselves, And by kind and complimentary words deceive the minds of the simple.
And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie,
But I say this that no one may mislead you with persuasive words.
and go forth to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, the Gog and the Magog [the king and the people], and to assemble them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
And Adam was not deceived; but the woman being deceived fell into transgression;
And Jesus answered and said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,
Be it so, I was not burdensome to you; but being crafty I caught you with deceit.
but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you may be hardened by the deception of sin;
who committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth,
If we say we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
Let no one deceive himself; if any one seems to be wise among you in this life, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.
But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons,
but I fear lest as the serpent deceived Eve with his craftiness, so also your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ.
We are of God; he that knows God hears us, he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
For false Christs and false prophets shall be raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
and with every unrighteous deceit among those who are destroyed, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
their throat is an opened tomb, with their tongues they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips.
For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;
For sin having taken occasion through the commandment deceived me, and through it killed me.
Be not deceived; evil companionships corrupt good morals.
that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,
From Thematic Bible
Deception » Religious persons guilty of
Then he began to curse and swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately a cock crew;
Deception » Deceivers
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh; this is the deceiver, and the antichrist.
Deception » General examples of
and sending them to Bethlehem, said, Go and inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him.
Deception » Not letting anyone deceive you
Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Be not deceived; evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience.
And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him, that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand. Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
Deception » What is deceit/deceitful
Deception » Who deceives themselves
For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one prove his work, and then shall he have joy in himself alone and not in another,
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man perceiving his natural face in a glass; for he perceived himself, and went away, and immediately forgot what kind of a man he was. read more.
But he that looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, not being a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, he shall be blessed in his doing. But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain.
If we say we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Deception » Of self » Spiritual poverty
For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
Deception » Instances of » Abraham, in stating that sarah was his sister
Deception » Who shall not be deceitful
Deception » Not being deceitful
Deception » Bread of deceit
Deception » Instances of » Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
Deception » Of self » Conceit
Deception » Instances of » Hushai deceives absalom
Deception » Instances of » David feigns madness
Deception » Instances of » By absalom » When he avenged his sister
Deception » Of self » Spiritual bondage
Deception » Instances of » In representing to their father that joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Deception » Instances of » Amnon deceives tamar by feigning sickness
Deception » Instances of » Jacob and rebekah, in imposing jacob on his father, and jacob's impersonating esau
Deception » Instances of » The gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Deception » Instances of » Ehud deceives eglon, and kills him
Deception » Instances of » Delilah deceives samson
Deception » Of self » An unbridled tongue
But if any one among you thinks he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his mind, that man's religion is vain.
Deception » Of self » Self-esteem
Deception » Of self » Careless hearing
Deception » Of self » Sanctimony
If we say we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Deception » Instances of » The old prophet
Deception » Instances of » Job's friends
Deception » Instances of » By absalom » When he began his conspiracy
Deception » Instances of » Pharisees
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any man; for you regard not the face of men.
Deception » Instances of » Gehazi
Deception » Instances of » Lawyer
AND behold, a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Deception » Instances of » Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister
Deception » Instances of » Chief priests
AND after two days was the passover and the unleavened bread. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might take him by deception, and kill him.
Deception » Instances of » Doeg
Deception » Instances of » Ananias and sapphira
Deception » Instances of » By satan
Deception » Instances of » Herod
and sending them to Bethlehem, said, Go and inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him.
Deception » Instances of » Sanballat tries to deceive nehemiah
Falsehood » Instances of » Gibeonites » Deception
Topics on Deception
Deception In Fallen Human Nature
Romans 3:13their throat is an opened tomb, with their tongues they practise deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips.
Deception In The End Times
Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets shall be raised up, and shall show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Deception Through False Teachers
2 Corinthians 11:13For such false apostles, deceitful laborers, transform themselves into apostles of Christ.
Deception, Christian Leaders Must Not
2 Corinthians 4:2but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but commending ourselves by the manifestation of the truth to every conscience of men before God.
Deception, Christians Must Not Practice
1 Peter 2:1Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,
Deception, Forbidden By God
Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and as to every good work reprobate.
Deception, Satan's Power
John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies].
Self Deception
1 John 1:8If we say we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Warnings Against Deception
Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words; for on account of these comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience.
