Bible Verses About Deceit
33 Scriptures on Deceit

Bible Verses About Deceit

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

Hosea 12:7

[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Isaiah 53:9

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither [was any] deceit in his mouth.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, [they are] prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 9:6

Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:8

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.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Job 27:4

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Job 31:5

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Mark 7:22

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Proverbs 12:17

[He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 12:20

Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Proverbs 20:17

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

Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Proverbs 26:26

[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the [whole] congregation.

Psalms 101:7

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Psalms 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

Psalms 119:118

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.

Psalms 36:3

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

Psalms 50:19

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Psalms 55:11

Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Psalms 72:14

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Romans 1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Romans 3:13

Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

Zephaniah 1:9

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

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