6 occurrences

'Deceit' in the Bible

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

Verse ConceptsCagesMen DeceivingGetting RichBirds

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forUnceasingContinual SinMen DeceivingBackslidersapostasy

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNot Knowing GodDeceptionLying And Deceit

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryArrows, Figurative OfTongueTrapLack Of MeaningDeceitful TonguesArrowsDeception

Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByDeception Through False TeachersVisionsDivinationWicked ProphetsProphets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartDeception Through False TeachersSatan, As DeceiverBefore People ActLying And Deceit

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