11 Bible Verses about Deviousness

men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

for the devious person is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,

Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights?

but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

So he went in to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?" Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me." But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."read more.
Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not." So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau." And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him. He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered, "I am." Then he said, "Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son." So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed!