20 occurrences

'Treacherous' in the Bible

Isaac said, “Your brother came deceitfully and has [fraudulently] taken away your blessing [for himself].”

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfPeople BlessingThose Who Deceived

But the wicked will be cut off from the landAnd the treacherous shall be [forcibly] uprooted and removed from it.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodPunishment Of the WickedDeath Of The WickedThe FutureRemoving People From Your Lifewickednessfatecutting

The integrity and moral courage of the upright will guide them,But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodBusiness EthicsVirtueCrookednessIntegrityPerversion

The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

Verse ConceptsdesiresTrapDistinctives Of RighteousnessSalvation By Other ThingsGreed

The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are just (honest, reliable),But the counsels and schemes of the wicked are deceitful.

Verse ConceptsadvisersEvil SpeakingDeception In Fallen Human NaturePlansRighteous, TheEvil PlansAdvice, Bad Human AdviceThoughts Of The RighteousgaysGay Marriagecancer

From the fruit of his mouth a [wise] man enjoys good,But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Verse ConceptsLipsUnfaithfulness, To GodViolencePursuing ViolenceBeing PositiveThe Power Of Words

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodContentiousnessPunishment of the The Wickedtraitors

The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and the one who has it,But He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All The EarthMental Abusepreservationtraitors

She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],And she increases the faithless among men.

Verse ConceptsAmbushUnfaithful

A harsh vision has been shown to me;The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.

Verse ConceptsProphetic Visionstraitors

From the ends of the earth we hear songs, “Glory and honor to the Righteous One,”But I say, “I waste away, I waste away. Woe to me!The treacherous deal treacherously,Indeed, the treacherous deal very treacherously.”

Verse ConceptsHanding Over PeopleGood Things From Far Awaytraitors

“About whom were you worried and fearfulThat you lied and did not remember Me,Nor give Me a thought?Was I not silent even for a long timeAnd [as a result] you do not fear Me?

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodSilenceInfidelity To GodGod Being SilentNo Fear Of GodFearFear And WorryBeing Scared

I thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous (faithless) sister Judah saw it.

Verse ConceptsNot Returning To GodRelated Nations

And I saw [that even though Judah knew] that for all the acts of adultery (idolatry) of faithless Israel, I [the Lord] had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid; but she went and was a prostitute also [following after idols].

Verse ConceptsAdultery and Divorcedivorce, amongst believersCertificate of divorceSpiritual HarlotryBills Of DivorceRelated NationsNo Fear Of GodBackslidingBackslidersInfidelitywhores

Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but rather in [blatant] deception [she merely pretended obedience to King Josiah’s reforms],” declares the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNot Whole HeartedPretenceRepentance, Nature OfHalf HeartednessNot Returning To GodRelated Nations

And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself less guilty than treacherous Judah [a land of renegades].

Verse ConceptsComparisonsPeople In RighteousnessBackslidingBacksliders

Oh that I had in the wildernessA lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men,That I might leave my peopleAnd go away from them!For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the Lord],[They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity].

Verse ConceptsCrowdsInnsApostasy in OTequipping, physicalUnfaithfulness, To GodSolitudeEvil AssociationsLiving In The WildernessPeople Abandoning Peopletraitors

“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us confusion and open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away, in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the [treacherous] acts of unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theSelf Righteousness, And The GospelUnfaithfulness, To GodPeople ExiledShame Has ComeUnfaithful

“Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man,So that he does not stay at home.His appetite is large like Sheol,And he is like death, never satisfied.He gathers to himself all nationsAnd collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofdissatisfactionAmbition, Warnings RegardingGrave, TheSatisfactionWorldly AmbitionCovetousness, Nature ofAlcohol ConsumptionEffect Of WineDealing With The NationsThe Fact Of Death

Bible Theasaurus

Perfidious (1 instance)
Treacherous (47 instances)
Unreliable (10 instances)