42 occurrences

'Deceit' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfPeople BlessingThose Who Deceived

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

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NatureMischief

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

Verse ConceptsFeetLying

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

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

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

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NaturePersecution, Forms OfEvil PlansTrapCharacter Of WickedMan TrappingAll DayAttempting To Kill Me

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

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersInjustice, Hated By GodRescueGod Vindicatesvindication

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

Verse ConceptsMouthsTongueFalsehoodDeceitful Tongues

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

Verse ConceptsTongueFalsehoodSpeaking, EvilSharpnessRazors

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

Verse ConceptsDestructionRoadsDestruction Of JerusalemOppressorsLying And Deceitoppressioncheaters

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.

Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves

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

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfLiesSaints Response To LyingAvoiding DeceitDeceitLying And Deceitcheaters

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

Verse ConceptsImagination, Evil SchemingPeacemakersEvil PlansTrapNames And Titles For The ChristianJoy And Happiness

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

Verse ConceptsRumoursMen DeceivingShowing Hypocrisy

"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.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofGreed, Condemnation OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesProfitsCovetousness, Example OfWicked ProphetsGreat And SmallCovetousnessGreedpractice

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

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forUnceasingContinual SinMen DeceivingBackslidersapostasy

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.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofGreed, Condemnation OfProfitsMen DeceivingWicked ProphetsGreat And SmallTransferring WivesGreedWifespousepracticecheatersothers

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

Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNot Knowing GodDeceptionLying And Deceit

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.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryArrows, Figurative OfTongueTrapLack Of MeaningDeceitful TonguesArrowsDeception

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.

Verse ConceptsBabylonAntichristPower, God's SavingSatan, As DeceiverInfidelity To GodDestruction Of The WickedThose At EaseThose Who DeceivedProud PeopleMan's Relation To God

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.

Verse Conceptsroyalty

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.

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

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?

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

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.

Verse ConceptsPursuing ViolenceThose Who Deceivedjumping

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.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFutilityencouragement, examples ofdiscouragementGuidance, Need For God'sHousehold GodsPeace, Human Destruction OfRestlessnessSheepSorcery And MagicVisionsDivinationWanderersMisleading DreamsProphesying LiesNo ComfortDreams And False Prophets

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