28 Bible Verses about Deceit, Practice Of

Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:

They profess to know God, but in works deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.

Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.

A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

My lips shall not speak unrighteousness, nor my tongue utter deceit!

Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!

The remnant of Israel shall not work unrighteousness, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: but they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

God is a spirit; and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth.

so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,

For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

and in their mouths was no lie found; for they are blameless.

For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.

And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.

Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush. Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?