21 Bible Verses about Men Deceiving
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As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death, So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
See, all the rest of the women in the house of the king of Judah will be taken out to the king of Babylon's captains, and these women will say, Your nearest friends have been false to you and have got the better of you: they have made your feet go deep into the wet earth, and they are turned away back from you.
Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.
So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?
Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
And from the time when they make an agreement with him, he will be working falsely: for he will take up arms suddenly with a small force,
For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.
For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:
I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.
The visions which your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish; they have not made clear to you your sin so that your fate might be changed: but they have seen for you false words, driving you away.
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- Deceiving (26 instances)