Bible Verses about 'Deceit'
- Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
but joy comes to the promoters of peace. - Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue. - Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking lies. - A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
but deceit in it crushes the spirit. - For,
“He who would love life
and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from speaking deceit.
Let him turn away from evil and do good.
Let him seek peace and pursue it.” - He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
- Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. - What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
- The heart is deceitful above all things
and it is exceedingly corrupt.
Who can know it?
“I, Yahweh, search the mind.
I try the heart,
even to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his doings.” - Wicked people earn deceitful wages,
but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. - Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
- Put away from yourself a perverse mouth.
Put corrupt lips far from you. - The Rock: his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
A God of faithfulness who does no wrong,
just and right is he.
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