Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’

The woman said, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.’

May God enlarge Japheth
and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.”

Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, ‘I did not laugh.’

But he said, ‘Yes, you did laugh.’

But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, ‘What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?’

And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

Moses answered, ‘As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.’

Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord :

‘I will sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying,

“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

Miriam sang to them:

‘Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
he has hurled into the sea.’

And Miriam sang to them:

“Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

‘If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbour about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbour,

“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 if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit –

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

‘“Do not steal.

‘“Do not lie.

‘“Do not deceive one another.

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them.

Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;

Blessed are you, Israel!
Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord?
He is your shield and helper
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will tread on their heights.’

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord,
the shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”

Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions.

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.

Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, ‘Why did you deceive us by saying, “We live a long way from you,” while actually you live near us?

Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us?

‘See!’ he said to all the people. ‘This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.’

And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us. Therefore it shall be a witness against you, lest you deal falsely with your God.”

On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s wife, ‘Coax your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death. Did you invite us here to steal our property?’

On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, ‘See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so that we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.’

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

Then Delilah said to Samson, ‘You have made a fool of me; you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.’

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound.”

Delilah then said to Samson, ‘All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.’

He replied, ‘If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.’ So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and fasten it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.”

Then she said to him, ‘How can you say, “I love you,” when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.’

And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me where your great strength lies.”

Saul said to Michal, ‘Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?’

Michal told him, ‘He said to me, “Let me get away. Why should I kill you?”’

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’”

When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, ‘Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!’

When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul.”

You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.’

You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

He said, ‘My lord the king, since I your servant am lame, I said, “I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so that I can go with the king.” But Ziba my servant betrayed me.

He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For your servant is lame.

foreigners cower before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

Foreigners came cringing to me;
as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

The old prophet answered, ‘I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: “Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.”’ (But he was lying to him.)

And he said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.

At noon Elijah began to taunt them. ‘Shout louder!’ he said. ‘Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or travelling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.’

And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

And the Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?”

‘One suggested this, and another that.

and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.

Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, “I will entice him.”

Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’

‘“By what means?” the Lord asked.

‘“I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,” he said.

‘“You will succeed in enticing him,” said the Lord. “Go and do it.”

And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’

This is what the king says: do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.

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

‘Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.”

“Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

David went out to meet them and said to them, ‘If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.’

David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.”

And the Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab king of Israel into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?”

‘One suggested this, and another that.

And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another.

Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the Lord and said, “I will entice him.”

‘“By what means?” the Lord asked.

Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’

‘“I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,” he said.

‘“You will succeed in enticing him,” said the Lord. “Go and do it.”

And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’

Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you and mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my predecessors. How much less will your god deliver you from my hand!’

Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!’”

Resentment kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.

Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.

But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns it and says, “I never saw you.”

If he is destroyed from his place,
then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

Would it turn out well if he examined you?
Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?

Will it be well with you when he searches you out?
Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?

‘If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
or if I have lurked at my neighbour’s door,

“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

so that my heart was secretly enticed
and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,

and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,

then these also would be sins to be judged,
for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.

foreigners cower before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.

Let death take my enemies by surprise;
let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,
for evil finds lodging among them.

Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.

Say to God “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,
turned back on the day of battle;

The Ephraimites, armed with the bow,
turned back on the day of battle.

But then they would flatter him with their mouths,
lying to him with their tongues;

But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.

Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last for ever.

Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.

My knees give way from fasting;
my body is thin and gaunt.

My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

My son, if sinful men entice you,
do not give in to them.

My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.

A violent person entices their neighbour
and leads them down a path that is not good.

A man of violence entices his neighbor
and leads him in a way that is not good.

A gossip betrays a confidence;
so avoid anyone who talks too much.

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Do not testify against your neighbour without cause –
would you use your lips to mislead?

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

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

With patience a ruler may be persuaded,
and a soft tongue will break a bone.

is one who deceives their neighbour
and says, ‘I was only joking!’

is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonour the name of my God.

lest I be full and deny you
and say “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.

The officials of Zoan have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis are deceived;
the cornerstones of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.

The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.