Deceit (Act)

But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”

Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?

So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.

And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.

Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

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

What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

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.

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

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?

Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

“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.

How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.

After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.

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.”