'Deceitful' in the Bible
“Will you speak what is unjust for God,And speak what is deceitful for Him?
A Prayer of David.Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
I do not sit with deceitful men,Nor will I go with pretenders.
For they do not speak peace,But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation;O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,From a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,You deceitful tongue?
Put away from you a deceitful mouthAnd put devious speech far from you.
The thoughts of the righteous are just,But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Every man is stupid, devoid of knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols;For his molten images are deceitful,And there is no breath in them.
“The heart is more deceitful than all elseAnd is desperately sick;Who can understand it?
All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge;Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,For his molten images are deceitful,And there is no breath in them.
They turn, but not upward,They are like a deceitful bow;Their princes will fall by the swordBecause of the insolence of their tongue.This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,Her residents speak lies,And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
“The remnant of Israel will do no wrongAnd tell no lies,Nor will a deceitful tongueBe found in their mouths;For they will feed and lie downWith no one to make them tremble.”