Deceit
70 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
71 sections
- A Characteristic of Antichrist
- A Characteristic of the Apostasy
- Blessedness of Being Free From
- Characteristic of the Apostasy
- Characteristic of the Heart
- Chief Priests
- Christ Was Perfectly Free From
- Comes from the Heart
- David
- Delight In
- Devise
- Doeg
- Evil of Hinders Knowledge of God
- Evil of Keeps from Knowledge of God
- Evil of Keeps from Turning to God
- Evil of Leads to Lying
- Evil of Leads to Pride and Oppression
- False Teachers are Workers of
- False Teachers: Impose on Others By
- False Teachers: Preach
- False Teachers: Sport Themselves With
- False Witnesses Use
- Forbidden
- God Abhors
- Hatred often Concealed By
- Herod
- Hypocrites Devise
- Hypocrites Practice
- Hypocrites Practise
- Impose on Others By
- Increase In
- Job's Friends
- Joseph's Brothers
- Keeps from Turning to God
- Laban
- Leads: To Lying
- Leads: To Pride and Oppression
- Ministers should Lay Aside
- Often Accompanied by Fraud and Injustice
- Pharaoh
- Pharisees
- Preach
- Punishment of
- Rebecca and Jacob
- Saints: Avoid
- Saints: Delivered from Those Who Use
- Saints: Free From
- Saints: Pray for Deliverance from Those Who Use
- Saints: Purpose Against
- Saints: Purposed Against
- Saints: should Beware of Those Who Teach
- Saints: should Lay Aside, in Seeking Truth
- Saints: Shun Those Addicted To
- Sport Themselves With
- The Devil
- The Folly of Fools Is
- The Kisses of an Enemy Are
- The Tongue is an Instrument of
- The Tongue, the Instrument of
- The Wicked are Full of
- The Wicked: Delight In
- The Wicked: Devise
- The Wicked: Increase In
- The Wicked: Use, to Each Other
- The Wicked: Use, to Themselves
- The Wicked: Utter
- The Wicked: Work
- Use, to Each Other
- Use, to Themselves
- Utter
- Work
A Characteristic of Antichrist
- 2 John 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
A Characteristic of the Apostasy
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
Blessedness of Being Free From
- Psalm 24:4–5 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully. …
- Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Characteristic of the Apostasy
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
Characteristic of the Heart
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Chief Priests
- Mark 14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
Christ Was Perfectly Free From
- Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- 1 Peter 2:22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
Comes from the Heart
- Mark 7:22 greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
David
- 1 Samuel 21:13 So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
Delight In
- Proverbs 20:17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Devise
- Psalm 35:20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- Psalm 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Proverbs 12:5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
Doeg
- Psalm 52:1–2 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. …
Evil of Hinders Knowledge of God
- Jeremiah 9:6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
Evil of Keeps from Knowledge of God
- Jeremiah 9:6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
Evil of Keeps from Turning to God
- Jeremiah 8:5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Evil of Leads to Lying
- Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Evil of Leads to Pride and Oppression
- Jeremiah 5:27–28 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. …
False Teachers are Workers of
- 2 Corinthians 11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
False Teachers: Impose on Others By
- Romans 16:18 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.
- Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
False Teachers: Preach
- Jeremiah 14:14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
- Jeremiah 23:26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
False Teachers: Sport Themselves With
- 2 Peter 2:13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
False Witnesses Use
- Proverbs 12:17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
- Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
Forbidden
- Proverbs 24:28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- 1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
God Abhors
- Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Hatred often Concealed By
- Proverbs 26:24–26 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. …
Herod
- Matthew 2:8 And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
Hypocrites Devise
- Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Hypocrites Practice
- Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
Hypocrites Practise
- Hosea 11:12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
Impose on Others By
- Romans 16:18 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.
- Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Increase In
- 2 Timothy 3:13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Job's Friends
- Job 6:15 But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
Joseph's Brothers
- Genesis 37:31–32 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. …
Keeps from Turning to God
- Jeremiah 8:5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Laban
- Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Leads: To Lying
- Proverbs 14:25 A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.
Leads: To Pride and Oppression
- Jeremiah 5:27–28 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. …
Ministers should Lay Aside
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
Often Accompanied by Fraud and Injustice
- Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Psalm 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
Pharaoh
- Exodus 8:29 “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the …
Pharisees
- Matthew 22:16 They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no …
Preach
- Jeremiah 14:14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
- Jeremiah 23:26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
Punishment of
- Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Jeremiah 9:7–9 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people? …
Rebecca and Jacob
- Genesis 27:9 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father— the kind he loves.
- Genesis 27:19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Saints: Avoid
- Job 31:5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
Saints: Delivered from Those Who Use
- Psalm 72:14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
Saints: Free From
- Psalm 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
- Revelation 14:5 And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
Saints: Pray for Deliverance from Those Who Use
- Psalm 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalm 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
Saints: Purpose Against
- Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Saints: Purposed Against
- Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Saints: should Beware of Those Who Teach
- Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Colossians 2:8 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.
Saints: should Lay Aside, in Seeking Truth
- 1 Peter 2:1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
Saints: Shun Those Addicted To
- Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Sport Themselves With
- 2 Peter 2:13 The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
The Devil
- Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Genesis 3:4–5 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman. …
- John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, …
The Folly of Fools Is
- Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
The Kisses of an Enemy Are
- Proverbs 27:6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The Tongue is an Instrument of
- Romans 3:13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
The Tongue, the Instrument of
- Romans 3:13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
The Wicked are Full of
- Romans 1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
The Wicked: Delight In
- Proverbs 20:17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
The Wicked: Devise
- Psalm 35:20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
- Psalm 38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Proverbs 12:5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
The Wicked: Increase In
- 2 Timothy 3:13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
The Wicked: Use, to Each Other
- Jeremiah 9:5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
The Wicked: Use, to Themselves
- Jeremiah 37:9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
The Wicked: Utter
- Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
The Wicked: Work
- Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Use, to Each Other
- Jeremiah 9:5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
Use, to Themselves
- Jeremiah 37:9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
- Obadiah 3–7 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?’ …
Utter
- Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Work
- Proverbs 11:18 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.