Deception (Bible Verses)

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Proverbs 21:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

John 8:44 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Matthew 24:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Genesis 3:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

1 John 1:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Proverbs 6:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

2 Corinthians 11:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Proverbs 26:25 KJV Bible Verse Image
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When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

2 Peter 2:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

1 John 1:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Jude 1:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 5:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Corinthians 11:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

Matthew 24:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Revelation 12:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Psalms 7:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Romans 3:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

2 John 1:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

1 Corinthians 3:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

1 John 3:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Matthew 24:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

1 Timothy 4:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Proverbs 20:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2 Thessalonians 2:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Proverbs 11:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

1 Timothy 2:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

2 Timothy 3:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

2 John 1:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Genesis 3:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Matthew 24:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Luke 21:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

Revelation 16:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Romans 16:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

2 Peter 2:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

2 Peter 2:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Numbers 31:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

2 Peter 2:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Psalms 5:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Joshua 9:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

Ezekiel 13:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

Acts 5:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Genesis 3:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

2 Peter 2:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Genesis 27:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

Genesis 27:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Genesis 3:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 27:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

Psalms 62:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Jeremiah 5:31 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Proverbs 12:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

2 Corinthians 11:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

Luke 4:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

Isaiah 44:25 KJV Bible Verse Image
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That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Daniel 8:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

2 Timothy 3:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Titus 1:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Acts 5:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

Judges 16:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

Micah 2:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

Jeremiah 9:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Revelation 16:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Job 15:31 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

2 Peter 2:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Genesis 27:36 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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