'Deceive' in the Bible
Now swear to me right here in God's name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you."
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?"
And Laban saith to Jacob, 'What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?
Why did you secretly flee from me, deceive me, and not tell me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and lyres,
and Moses saith, 'Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'
" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};
"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 said to them, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
Saul asked Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!”She answered him, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”
When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, and then she asked Saul, “Why did you deceive me? You are Saul!”
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
The Lord said, 'Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that.
Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, 'I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, 'How?'
"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.'
Elisha said, “At this time next year you will have a son in your arms.”Then she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, do not deceive your servant.”
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
"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."
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
The Lord said, 'Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that.
Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, 'I will deceive him.' 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.'
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
"With God are strength and sound wisdom; both the deceived and those who deceive are responsible to him.
Would it go well if He examined you?Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
“Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray;For emptiness will be his reward [for such living].
this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."
For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.
Why should I be afraid when evil days come my way, when the wickedness of those who deceive me surrounds me
You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.
And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,
No enemy will deceive him; no wicked person will afflict him.
Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David.
He caused them to hate his people and to deceive his servants.
"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."
Who winks with his eyes [in mockery], who shuffles his feet [to signal],Who points with his fingers [to give subversive instruction];
An honest witness does not deceive,but a dishonest witness utters lies.
The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,But the foolishness of [shortsighted] fools is deceit.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
From the ends of the earth we hear songs -- the Just One is majestic. But I say, "I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away! I'm doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!"
The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.
We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.Don’t trust any brother,for every brother will certainly deceive,and every friend spread slander.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
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."
Everyone who has a treaty with youwill drive you to the border;everyone at peace with youwill deceive and conquer you.Those who eat your breadwill set a trap for you.He will be unaware of it.
“For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] timeIt hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
Doth man deceive God? but ye are deceiving Me, And ye have said: 'In what have we deceived Thee?' The tithe and the heave-offering!
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens to deceive, if possible, the elect.
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
Then Peter said to her, “How could you two have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
Their throat is an open grave;they deceive with their tongues.Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay me;
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive arguments.
For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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.
based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began,
For there are many people who are rebellious, especially those who are converts from Judaism. They speak utter nonsense and deceive people.
so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
Keep on being obedient to the word, and not merely being hearers who deceive themselves.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.