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100 Bible Verses About Deception

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    Proverbs 20:17

    17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”

    Related Themes: Deceit Fraud Dishonesty Lying Stealing

    Matthew 24:4-5

    4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.”

    Related Themes: Manipulation Discernment Peer Pressure

    1 Corinthians 15:33

    33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”

    Related Themes: Dating Friendship Morals Reputation Morality

    Deuteronomy 25:13-16

    13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”

    Related Themes: Business Abomination Money Honesty

    Proverbs 12:5

    5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.”

    Related Themes: Lying Gossip Deceit

    1 Peter 3:10

    10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:”

    Related Themes: Telling The Truth Honesty Life Peace

    Psalm 5:6

    6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.”

    Related Themes: Telling The Truth Bullying Lying Deceit

    Luke 16:2

    2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.”

    Revelation 3:17

    17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”

    Related Themes: Pride Money Lust Finances Lust

    Proverbs 19:9

    9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.”

    Related Themes: Lying Telling The Truth Gossip Bearing False Witness Deceit

    Hebrews 13:1-3

    1 Let brotherly love continue.2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”

    Related Themes: Strangers Loneliness Marriage

    Proverbs 6:16-19

    16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”

    Related Themes: Gossip Abomination Lying Pride

    Ephesians 6:10-12

    10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

    Related Themes: Strength Betrayal Greatness Manipulation Power

    Matthew 24:11

    11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”

    Related Themes: Discernment Assurance Apostasy

    Proverbs 27:6

    6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

    Related Themes: Criticism Friendship Dating Telling The Truth Reputation

    Leviticus 6:2-5

    2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.”

    Related Themes: Trespassing Stealing

    Jeremiah 9:8

    8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.”

    Proverbs 21:6

    6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”

    Related Themes: Business Lying Manipulation Vanity

    Psalm 62:4

    4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.”

    Related Themes: Lying

    Psalm 58:3

    3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”

    Related Themes: Lying Gossip

    Matthew 6:2

    2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”

    Related Themes: Trespassing Humility Hypocrisy Life Reaping

    Luke 21:36

    36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”

    Related Themes: Preparation Prayer Escape Focus

    Isaiah 44:20

    20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

    Matthew 18:10

    10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.”

    Related Themes: Children Learning Morality Morals Earth

    Psalm 55:23

    23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.”

    Related Themes: Lying False Accusations Deceit

    Jeremiah 7:1-11

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.”

    Psalm 119:128

    128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.”

    Malachi 1:14

    14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.”

    Related Themes: Omnipotence Greatness

    Jude 1:16

    16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.”

    Related Themes: Complaining Lust Division Bragging Hypocrisy

    Proverbs 19:22

    22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.”

    Related Themes: Money Telling The Truth Finances Kindness Loyalty

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