'Deceit' in the Bible
And Jehoram turneth his hands, and fleeth, and saith unto Ahaziah, 'Deceit, O Ahaziah!'
For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.
If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,
Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.
A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.
The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.
O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Mischiefs are in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!
He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.
For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!
Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.
Balances of deceit are an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight is His delight.
The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.
Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.
Deceit is in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace is joy.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.
An abomination to Jehovah are a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit are not good.
By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.
thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
A slaughtering arrow is their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.
Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,
And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth -- and without hand he is broken.
And after they join themselves unto him, he worketh deceit, and hath increased, and hath been strong by a few of the nation.
Compassed Me with feigning hath Ephraim, And with deceit the house of Israel. And Judah again is ruling with God, And with the Holy Ones is faithful!
Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.
And I have laid a charge on every one Who is leaping over the threshold in that day, Who are filling the house of their masters With violence and deceit.