Quotes About Deception

For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

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

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!

A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

The LORDís eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.