11 Bible Verses about Deviousness
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whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.
for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.
He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!
but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, 'You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
He went to his father and said, "My father!" Isaac replied, "Here I am. Which are you, my son?" Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your firstborn. I've done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me." But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the Lord your God brought it to me," he replied.read more.
Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau." So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's." He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob. Then he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied. Isaac said, "Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you." So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank. Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come here and kiss me, my son." So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, "Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed.
