Bible Verses About Deceiving

“Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.”

“And the great dragon was hurled down — that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”

“To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.”

“If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.”

“You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.”

“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

“For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.”

“For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.”

“Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness — the son of destruction — is revealed.”

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

“Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.”

“Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.”

“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.”

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

“No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.”

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.”

“And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.”

“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”

“And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.”

“Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

“The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.”

“The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.”

“If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.”

“The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.”

“He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.”

“Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.”

“The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.”

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

“Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.”

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.”

“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.”

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

“And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling— these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.”

“And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.”

“You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.”

“I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.”

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”

“They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.”

“Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

“Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.”

“I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.”

“His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.”

“For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,” you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul. You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him. Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.”

“To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.”

“And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”