35 Verses About Deceitful from 12 Books

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

Daniel 11:23

After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.

Exodus 8:29

Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

Exodus 21:8

If she doesn't please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Hebrews 3:13

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called "today;" lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?



Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Jeremiah 42:20

For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

Job 6:15

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

Job 13:7

Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Mark 4:19

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:22

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Micah 1:14

Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.



Micah 6:11

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Micah 6:12

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Proverbs 11:18

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Proverbs 14:25

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

Proverbs 17:20

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

Proverbs 23:3

Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.



Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Psalms 5:6

You will destroy those who speak lies. the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Psalms 17:1

Hear, the LORD, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

Psalms 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

Psalms 26:4

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Psalms 35:20

For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Psalms 43:1

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.



Psalms 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalms 52:4

You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

Psalms 55:23

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Psalms 78:57

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Psalms 120:2

Deliver my soul, the LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Psalms 120:3

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid."







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