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Bible Verses about Deceit
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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff
on 02/19/2021
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Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
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“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
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For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.
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For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
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You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD.
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The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”
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you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, LORD, detest.
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His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.
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The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
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Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.
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No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
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But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
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“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
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For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
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The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies.
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The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.
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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
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Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
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while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
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Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
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and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
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Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.
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Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.
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Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
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For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
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All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
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There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
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a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
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In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
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and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.