Bible Quotes About Lying & Deception

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”

“Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.”

“And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.”

“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.”

“And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:”

“And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.”

“For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.”

“And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,”

“And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.”

“And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:”

“And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. images: Heb. teraphim”

“And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?”

“And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:”

“But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;”

“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.”

“And God spake all these words, saying,”

“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

“Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive”

“If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship , or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; in fellowship: or, in dealing fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand”

“Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:”

“Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,”

“Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. in the day: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass”

“And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:”

“And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.”

“Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.”

“And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.”

“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.”

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. weights: Heb. stones”

“If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; that: or, falling away”

“Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;”

“And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;”

“Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.”

“And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.”

“Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights , a great and a small. divers: Heb. a stone and a stone”

“Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures , a great and a small. divers: Heb. an ephah and an ephah”

“But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

“For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.”

“Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.”

“And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,”

“And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,”

“And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.”

“Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. with you: Heb. in your hand”

“This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:”

“And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.”

“But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded : and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand”

“And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. in: or, by the brook”

“And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.”

“Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.”

“And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.”

“And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.”

“Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.”

“Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?”

“And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.”

“Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.”

“My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;”

“They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. vanity: or, iniquity”

“Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. feed: or, feed them”

“They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.”

“They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.”

“Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.”

“They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage”

“They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.”

“They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.”

“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”

“They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;”

“Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.”

“My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.”

“If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;”

“Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. bloody: Heb. man of bloods and deceit”

“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity: or, iniquity”

“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He: Heb. The clean of hands”

“He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.”

“Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.”

“For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.”

“The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.”

“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”

“They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.”

“Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. ungodly: or, unmerciful the deceitful: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity”

“When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. hast: Heb. thy portion was with”

“Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.”

“But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. bloody: Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall: Heb. shall not half their days”

“Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.”

“He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.”

“He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. shall not tarry: Heb. shall not be established”

“I said in my haste, All men are liars.”

“Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.”

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

“Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. them: Heb. the owners thereof”

“Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.”

“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul”

“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A proud: Heb. Haughty eyes”

“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”

“A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”

“He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.”

“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. A false: Heb. Balances of deceit just: Heb. perfect stone”

“The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.”

“The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.”

“The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.”

“He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.”