28 Bible Verses about Avoiding Deceit

"If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor

or has found something lost and lied about it, swearing falsely--in any of all the things that people do and sin thereby--

Blessed is the man against whom the LORDcounts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit;

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah

those who are left in Israel; they shall do no injustice and speak no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall graze and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand.

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

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

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments.

Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,

through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;

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

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,

"On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,