20 Bible Verses about

Deception

Proverbs 4:24 BSB

Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.

Proverbs 26:26 BSB

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

1 John 4:6 BSB

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Matthew 27:64 BSB

So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

Jeremiah 9:6 BSB

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

Titus 1:10 BSB

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

Jeremiah 3:23 BSB

Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 8:8 BSB

How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

2 Thessalonians 2:10 BSB

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

Jeremiah 9:8 BSB

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.

Colossians 2:8 BSB

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.

2 Peter 2:13 BSB

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.

Ephesians 6:11 BSB

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

James 4:7 BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Corinthians 10:13 BSB

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

Hebrews 11:1 BSB

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:6 BSB

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Romans 10:17 BSB

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Proverbs 3:5 BSB

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

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