28 occurrences

'Deceit' in the Bible

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NatureMischief

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Verse ConceptsFeetLying

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.

Verse ConceptsMouthsDeception In Fallen Human NatureSpeech, Negative Aspects OfFalse WisdomDeceitful Tongues

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

Verse ConceptsMouthsTongueFalsehoodDeceitful Tongues

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfLiesSaints Response To LyingAvoiding DeceitDeceitLying And Deceitcheaters

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

Verse ConceptsThe TongueLying And Deceitlieing

Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Verse ConceptsForeignersenemies, of believersDeceitful TonguesWhat Foreigners Are LikeAvoiding ForeignersEvil For The Right HandThose Who Are LiarsAliensLying And Deceit

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingLyingLying And Deceittraitors

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

Verse ConceptsRumoursMen DeceivingShowing Hypocrisy

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

Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NatureThose Who DeceivedGod's FaithfulnessLying And Deceit

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing

And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Verse ConceptsPursuing ViolenceThose Who Deceivedjumping

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