'Deceit' in the Bible

And he said, "Your brother came in deceit and took your blessing."

[They] conceive trouble and bring forth mischief, and their womb prepares deceit."

my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.

"If I have walked with falseness, and my foot has hastened to deceit,

You destroy speakers of lies. {A man of bloodshed} and deceit Yahweh abhors.

For there is not [anything] reliable in his mouth; their inner part [is] destruction. Their throat is an open grave; [with] their tongue they speak deceit.

Happy [is] a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit. He has ceased to have insight [and] to do good.

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,

You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.

Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.

But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.

There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain before my eyes.

You reject all [who] stray from your statutes, for their deceit [is] a breach of faith.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

Balances of deceit [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but {an accurate weight} delights him.

He who will speak truth will reveal righteousness, but the witness of falsehood, deceit.

Deceit [is] in the heart of {those who plan} evil, but to {those who plan} peace, [there is] joy.

An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.

A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

A heart of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.

Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man, but afterward, his mouth will be filled [with] gravel.

On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.

A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

Charm [is] deceit and beauty [is] vain; [but] a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

He made his grave with [the] wicked, and with [the] rich in his death, although he had done no violence, and [there was] no deceit in his mouth.

"For from the smallest of them to the greatest of them, {everyone} makes profit for unlawful gain. And from the prophet to the priest, {everyone} practices deceit.

Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away [in] enduring apostasy? They have kept hold of deceit, they have refused to return.

Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," {declares} Yahweh.

Their tongue [is] a murderous arrow, it speaks deceit. With his mouth he speaks peace with his neighbor, but in his inner parts he sets up his ambush.

And by his planning he will make a success of deceit by his hand, and in his {mind} he will {boast}, and in [their] ease he will destroy many, and [even] against [the] prince of princes he will rise up, and he will be broken, [but] not by human hands.

And in his place a despicable person will arise on whom they have not conferred the majesty of [the] kingdom, and he will come in {without warning} and he will seize [the] kingdom by deceit.

Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; and Judah is still wandering with God and [is] faithful to the Holy One.

[The] trader, in his hand [are] scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.

saying, "When will the new moon be over, so that we can sell grain? And the Sabbath, so that we can open the grain bins, that we can make [the] ephah small and make [the] shekel large, and can practice deceit [with] a set of scales of deceit?

And on that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill up the house of their master [with] violence and deceit.

Because the household gods speak deceit, and those who practice divination see a lie, and the dreamers of vanity speak in vain. Therefore [the people] wander like sheep; they are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, {envy}, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"

[and] said, "O [you who are] full of all deceit and of all unscrupulousness, [you] son of the devil, [you] enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord!

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,

so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.

Beware lest {anyone take you captive} through philosophy and empty deceit, according to {human tradition}, according to the elemental spirits of the world and not according to Christ,

For our exhortation [is] not from error or from impurity or with deceit,

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

who did not commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth,

For "The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and [his] lips must not speak deceit.

We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.