11 Bible Verses about Deviousness

Whose ways are crooked, and their paths slanderous;

The ways of the froward are strange; but the works of him that is clean, are right.

for the LORD abhorreth the froward, but his secret is among the righteous.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and let the lips of slander be far from thee.

That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;

Whoso feareth the LORD, walketh in the right path: and regardeth not him that abhorreth the ways of the LORD.

Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand;

Or should I justify the false balances and the bag of deceitful weights,

but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, said God, see that ye eat not, and see that ye touch it not: lest ye die."

Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil.

And he went in to his father saying, "My father." And he answered, "Here am I, who art thou my son?" And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau, thy eldest son. I have done according as thou baddest me: up and sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me." But Isaac said unto his son, "How cometh it that thou hast found it so quickly my son?" He answered, "The LORD thy God brought it to my hand."read more.
Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not." Then went Jacob 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 knew him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esau's hands and so he blessed him. And he asked him, "Art thou my son Esau?" And he said, "That I am." Then said he, "Bring me and let me eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank. And his father Isaac said unto him, "Come near and kiss me my son." And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.