11 Bible Verses about Deviousness

who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.

For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.

Put away from thee a wayward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee.

to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

He who walks in his uprightness fears LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Put on the full armor of God to enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil.

And he came to his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here I am. Who are thou, my son? And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau thy firstborn. I have done according as thou bade me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because LORD thy God sent me good speed.read more.
And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. And Jacob went near to Isaac his father. And he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him. And he said, Are thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he ate. And he brought wine to him, and he drank. And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that LORD has blessed.