Quotes About Deceit

He who plots evil will be called a schemer.

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

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

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ëI have done nothing wrong.í

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORDís instruction.

Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

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

“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

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

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

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

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?