'Deceive' in the Bible

The next morning, Jacob realized that it was Leah! "What have you done to me?" he demanded of Laban. "Didn't I serve you for seven years in order to marry Rachel? Why did you deceive me?"

"You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Be careful! Otherwise, your hearts will deceive you and you will turn away to serve other gods and worship them.

Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and asked them, "Why did you deceive us by saying "We live far away from you,' even though you were, in fact, living in our midst?

Then Saul told Michal, "Why did you deceive me like this and let my enemy go so he could escape?" Michal told Saul, "He told me, "Let me go or I'll kill you!'"

"And the LORD asked him, "How?' ""I will go,' he announced, "and I will be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all of his prophets!' "So the LORD said, "You're just the one to deceive him. You will be successful. Go and do it.'

"Don't let Hezekiah deceive you, because he will prove to be unable to deliver you from my control. And don't let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by telling you, "The LORD will certainly deliver us and this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

The messengers were told, "This is what you are to say to King Hezekiah of Judah: "Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you by telling you "Jerusalem won't be turned over to the control of Assyria's king."

""I will go,' he announced, "and I will be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all of his prophets!' "So the LORD said, "You're just the one to deceive him. You will be successful. Go and do it.'

"With God are strength and sound wisdom; both the deceived and those who deceive are responsible to him.

this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me

No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.

He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants.

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

A trustworthy witness does not deceive, but a false witness spews lies.

"Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! This is what the king of Assyria says: "Don't let Hezekiah deceive you for he cannot save you!

When he heard it, he returned and sent messengers to Hezekiah: "Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: "Don't let your God on whom you depend deceive you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Don't let the prophets and diviners who are among you deceive you, and don't listen to them when they tell you their dreams.

"This is what the LORD says: "Don't deceive yourselves by saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," "for they won't go.

You've profaned me among my people for a handful of barley and a morsel of bread. You're causing people to die who shouldn't have to die, and you're causing people to live who shouldn't survive, when you deceive my people who tend to listen to lies."

All your allies will force you out of the land, your associates will deceive you and prevail against you. Your friends will lay out a trap for you, and you will never understand it!

Furthermore, it will come about at that time that every prophet will become ashamed of his vision as he prophesies. They will wear no rough garments intended to deceive others."

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people,

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Many will come in my name and say, "I AM,' and they will deceive many people.

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens to deceive, if possible, the elect.

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed.

and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

For there are many people who are rebellious, especially those who are converts from Judaism. They speak utter nonsense and deceive people.

Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.

I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous.

He will go out to deceive Gog and Magog, the nations at the four corners of the earth, and gather them for war. They are as numerous as the sands of the seashore.