38 Bible Verses about Deception
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For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own appetites; and, by good words and fair speeches, they deceive the hearts of the simple.
And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, in order that they may believe a lie,
and shall go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together to battle: the number of these is as the sand of the sea.
And Adam was not deceived: but the woman being deceived, was in transgression;
Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
See that no one make you the victims of imposture by means of philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not ac cording to Christ:
Be it so, indeed; I did not burden you; but being crafty, I caught you by deceit.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day, lest any of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that day will not come, unless the apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
Let no one deceive himself: if any one among you is considered as wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Now the Spirit says expressly, that, in the last times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and teachings suggested by demons,
But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
But I fear lest, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity which pertains to Christ.
We are of God: he that knows God, hears us: he that is not of God, does not hear us: by this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
and with all the delusion of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order that they might be saved.
their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;
For we ourselves also were formerly foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one an other.
For if any one think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself:
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit;
From Thematic Bible
Deception » Religious persons guilty of
Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
Deception » Deceivers
For many deceivers have entered into the world, who con fess not that Jesus Christ came in the flesh: this is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Deception » General examples of
and sending them to Bethlehem, he said: Go, make strict inquiry for the young child: and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may go and do him homage.
Deception » Not letting anyone deceive you
Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Let no one deceive you with vain words: for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
But, we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of; our Lord Jesus Christ, and our coming together to him, that you be not hastily shaken from the persuasion of your mind, nor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by report, nor by letter as written by us, as though the day of the Lord is at hand. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that day will not come, unless the apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
Deception » What is deceit/deceitful
Deception » Who deceives themselves
For if any one think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself: but let each one prove his own work, and then he will have cause to boast with respect to him self only, and not with respect to another:
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror: for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what sort of person he is. read more.
But he that looks intently into the perfect law of liberty, and remains constant, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his deed. If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Deception » Of self » Spiritual poverty
Because you say I am rich, and abound in wealth, and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,
Deception » Instances of » Abraham, in stating that sarah was his sister
Deception » Who shall not be deceitful
Deception » Not being deceitful
Deception » Bread of deceit
Deception » Instances of » Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
Deception » Of self » Conceit
For if any one think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself:
Deception » Instances of » Hushai deceives absalom
Deception » Instances of » David feigns madness
Deception » Instances of » By absalom » When he avenged his sister
Deception » Of self » Spiritual bondage
Deception » Instances of » In representing to their father that joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Deception » Instances of » Amnon deceives tamar by feigning sickness
Deception » Instances of » Jacob and rebekah, in imposing jacob on his father, and jacob's impersonating esau
Deception » Instances of » The gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Deception » Instances of » Ehud deceives eglon, and kills him
Deception » Instances of » Delilah deceives samson
Deception » Of self » An unbridled tongue
If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Deception » Of self » Self-esteem
Deception » Of self » Careless hearing
Deception » Of self » Sanctimony
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Deception » Instances of » The old prophet
Deception » Instances of » Job's friends
Deception » Instances of » By absalom » When he began his conspiracy
Deception » Instances of » Pharisees
And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any one: for you do not look upon the person of men.
Deception » Instances of » Gehazi
Deception » Instances of » Lawyer
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up to tempt him, and said: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Deception » Instances of » Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister
Deception » Instances of » Chief priests
After two days was the passover and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and kill him.
Deception » Instances of » Doeg
Deception » Instances of » Ananias and sapphira
Deception » Instances of » By satan
Deception » Instances of » Herod
and sending them to Bethlehem, he said: Go, make strict inquiry for the young child: and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may go and do him homage.
Deception » Instances of » Sanballat tries to deceive nehemiah
Falsehood » Instances of » Gibeonites » Deception
Topics on Deception
Deception In Fallen Human Nature
Romans 3:13their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;
Deception In The End Times
Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Deception Through False Teachers
2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, trans forming themselves into the apostles of Christ;
Deception, Christian Leaders Must Not
2 Corinthians 4:2but we have renounced the secret works of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God; but, by the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Deception, Christians Must Not Practice
1 Peter 2:1Therefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
Deception, Forbidden By God
Titus 1:16They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.
Deception, Satan's Power
John 8:44You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the be ginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks that which is false, he speaks from what is his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Self Deception
1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Warnings Against Deception
Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with vain words: for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
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