22 Bible Verses about Men Deceiving
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Whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
This is like a mad man who throws firebrands, arrows, and death. So is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says: I was only joking.
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went. The king's best friends misled him, they overruled him. And now that his feet have sunk in the mud, his friends have left him.
The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. They still cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
So I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. From the least even to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the priest everyone is deceitful.
But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
And said: You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah?
They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.
They do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unaware.
Bread taken by deceit tastes sweet to a man. Afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel.
And after the alliance made with him he will work deceitfully. He will come up, and will become strong, with a small nation of people.
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ.
There are many unruly (rebellious) men, vain talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.
If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not live (practice) the truth.
The visions your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish! They have not made you fully aware of your sin so your fate might be changed. They have seen for you false words, driving you away.
