No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

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

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him. For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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

How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people? Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him. Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”

A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.

He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.