26 Bible Verses about Spying

The wicked spies upon the righteous and seeks to kill him.

He remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said: You are spies! You have come to find out where our country is weak.

It is just as I said, Joseph answered. You are spies.

One of you must go and get him. The rest of you will be kept under guard until the truth of what you say can be tested. Otherwise, as sure as the king lives, you are spies.

We are all brothers. We are not spies. We are honest men.

We told him: We are honest men, not spies.

The governor of that land spoke harshly to us and treated us like spies.

But bring me your youngest brother. Then I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will give your brother back to you, and you will be able to move about freely in this country.'

Choose one of the leaders from each of the twelve tribes and send them as spies to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites.

The men Moses sent to explore the land died in front of Jehovah from a plague.

That is what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look at the land.

I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land. I brought him word again as it was in my heart.

Moses sent some men to explore the town of Jazer. Some time later, the Israelites captured the villages surrounding it and forced out the Amorites who lived there.

Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly. He said: Go view the land of Jericho. They went to a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed at her house. The king of Jericho was told: Men of the children of Israel came here tonight to search out the country. The king of Jericho sent for Rahab, saying: Bring the men that came to you and stayed at your house. They came to spy on all the country.

Joshua said to the two men that had spied out the country: Go into the harlot's house, and bring the woman out as you swore to her.

Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had. She dwells in Israel even to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the disobedient, after she welcomed the spies in peace.

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel. He spoke to them: Go up and spy on the country. And the men went up and spied on Ai.

The people of Dan sent five qualified men out of all the families in the tribe from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol with instructions to explore the land and spy on it. When they arrived in the mountains of Ephraim, they stayed at Micah's house.

David sent spies to confirm Saul's arrival.

Surely you know that he came to deceive you. He came to find out everything you do and everywhere you go.

the Ammonite princes asked their master Hanun: Do you think David is honoring your father because he sent men to comfort you? Perhaps David sent his men to explore the city, spy on it, and destroy it.

The Ammonite nobles said to Hanun: Do you think David honors your father by sending men to you to express sympathy? Or have his men come to you to explore and spy out the country and overthrow it?

He sent messengers to all the tribes of Israel. He told them: When you hear the sound of trumpets, shout: 'Absalom is king in Hebron!'

They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous. The spies listened for something in his speech to deliver him up to the authority of the governor.

This occurred because of the false brothers brought in secretly. They came to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus. This was so they might bring us into bondage.