Quotes About Deceit

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Hamanís house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

Will you speak wickedly on Godís behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

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

Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

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

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

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

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

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

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

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

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

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