Gen 27:35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”
Gen 34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
2Ki 9:23 Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!”
Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their womb prepares deceit.”
and their womb prepares deceit.”
Job 31:5 “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
Psa 5:6 You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Psa 10:7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
A Prayer of David.
Psa 17:1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry!Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Psa 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
Psa 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Psa 35:20 For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
Psa 36:3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
Psa 38:12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
Psa 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
Psa 50:19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.
and your tongue frames deceit.
Psa 52:4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
O deceitful tongue.
Psa 55:11 ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
Psa 55:23 But you, O God, will cast them down
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
Psa 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
speaking against me with lying tongues.
Pro 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is his delight.
but a just weight is his delight.
Pro 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are just;
the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Pro 12:17 Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence,
but a false witness utters deceit.
but a false witness utters deceit.
Pro 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
but those who plan peace have joy.
but those who plan peace have joy.
Pro 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,
but the folly of fools is deceiving.
but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Pro 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives,
but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.
but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.
Pro 20:23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,
and false scales are not good.
and false scales are not good.
Pro 26:24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
and harbors deceit in his heart;
Isa 53:9 And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
Jer 5:27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
Jer 9:6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
Jer 9:8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Dan 8:25 By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but by no human hand.
Dan 11:23 And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people.
Hos 11:12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
Hos 12:7 A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
he loves to oppress.
he loves to oppress.
Amo 8:5 saying, “When will the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
Mic 6:11 Shall I acquit the man with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Zep 1:9 On that day I will punish
everyone who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s house
with violence and fraud.
everyone who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master’s house
with violence and fraud.
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