8 Bible Verses about Trusting Deceptive Things

his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.

Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

"Change your ways and your deeds, and I'll let you live in this place. Don't trust deceptive words like these, and say, "The Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD,'

"Look, you're trusting in deceptive words that cannot benefit.

"This is your fate, the portion I've measured out for you," declares the LORD, "because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods.

The prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD didn't send you, and you are causing these people to trust in a lie.

"Send a message to all the exiles: "This is what the LORD says about Shemaiah from Nehelam, "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I didn't send him, and has made you trust a lie,"

For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.