19 Bible Verses about Deception In Fallen Human Nature
Most Relevant Verses
Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward, - Who can know it?
For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulphing ruin, - An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things.
With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief:
For, no salvation, will they utter, - But, against the quiet of the land, deceitful things, do they devise;
The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:
For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood, - and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.
A sepulchre opened, is their throat, with their tongues, have they used deceit, the poison of asps, is under their lips,
Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter.
The plans of the righteous, are just, but, the counsels of the lawless, are deceitful.
Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And in no brother, may ye trust, - For, every brother, supplanteth! And every neighbour, as a tale-bearer, goeth about; Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak, - They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves.
They have compassed me about - with denial, Ephraim, with deceit, the house of Israel, - but, Judah, hath, again and again, run riot with GOD, though, with the holy places, entrusted.
For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs, - murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:
For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth, - fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, covetousnesses, knaveries, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, profane speaking, foolishness, -
Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition,
Whereas, wicked men and howling impostors, will force their way to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own! - Cretans! always false, mischievous wild-beasts, idle gluttons:
