11 Bible Verses about Misrepresentation

Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and my life will be spared because of you.

he said that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Abraham said that she was his sister. She said the same thing. I did this with a clear conscience. I have done no wrong!

His wife Rebekah was very beautiful. He was afraid that someone might kill him to get her. So he told everyone that Rebekah was his sister.

Why did you say: 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!

Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty!

You may wonder: How shall we recognize that Jehovah did not speak this message? If a prophet speaks in Jehovah's name and what he says does not happen or come true, then it did not come from Jehovah. That prophet has spoken on his own authority. Never be afraid of him.'

All day long they distort my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

How can you say you are wise and that you have Jehovah's Laws? The scribes have used their pens to spread falsehoods.

A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a wicked fool.

You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit. We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?