Bible Verses About Deception

"The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception."

Proverbs 14:8 NIV

"[ The Gibeonite Deception ] Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—those in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Great Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)-"

Joshua 9:1 NIV

"For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world."

1 John 2:16 ESV

"His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly."

Proverbs 26:26 NIV

"After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 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.” So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you.” Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.” Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. ..."

Judges 16:4-20 ESV

"Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit."

Psalm 52:2 ESV

"Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception."

Psalm 38:12 NIV

"But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die."

Genesis 3:4 ESV

"Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception."

Psalm 12:2 NIV

"But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,"

Acts 5:1 ESV

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