Biblical Concept:
Deceive
Prologue:
Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive. - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) (Scottish author & novelist
1771 - 1832)
Findings:
Unbelievers live in a world of various
deceptions. Think: Press, politicians, etc.
Sinful angels and deception: a relationship.
Satan works to deceive on a global level.
Religion is full of deception.
Jesus Christ is the target of religious
deception.
Female humans are uniquely targeted for
deception by sinful angels.
Believers need to be on guard against
deception. Think: Press, politicians, etc.
Think: self deception.
Deceive
NAS Genesis 31:27
"Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me, so that I
might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;
NAS 2 Samuel 3:25 "You
know Abner the son of Ner,
that he came to deceive you and to learn of your going out and coming in, and
to find out all that you are doing."
NAS 2 Kings 4:28 Then
she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not
deceive me'?"
NAS 2 Kings 18:29
"Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be
able to deliver you from my hand;
NAS 2 Kings 19:10
"Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in
whom you trust deceive you saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the
hand of the king of Assyria."
NAS 2 Chronicles 32:15
'Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and
do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his
people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less shall your
God deliver you from my hand?'"
NAS Job 13:9 "Will
it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
NAS Psalm 89:22
"The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
NAS Proverbs 24:28 Do
not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with
your lips.
NAS Isaiah 36:14
"Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be
able to deliver you;
NAS Isaiah 37:10
"Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in
whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the
hand of the king of Assyria."
NAS Jeremiah 29:8
"For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Do not let your
prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen
to the dreams which they dream.
NAS Jeremiah 37:9
"Thus says the LORD, 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The
Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go.
NAS Obadiah 1:7
"All the men allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the
men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your
bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no understanding in him.)
NAS Zechariah 13:4
"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be
ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe
in order to deceive;
NAS Romans 16:18 For
such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by
their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
NAS 1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this
age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.
NAS Ephesians 5:6 Let no
one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God
comes upon the sons of disobedience.
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the
apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of
destruction,
NAS 1 John 2:26 These
things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
NAS 1 John 3:7 Little
children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is
righteous, just as He is righteous;
NAS Revelation 20:3 and
threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so
that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years
were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.
8 and will come out to
deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog,
to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the
seashore.
Deceived
NAS Genesis 3:13 Then
the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the
woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
NAS Genesis 29:25 So it
came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Was it not
for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?"
NAS Genesis 31:20 And
Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean,
by not telling him that he was fleeing.
NAS Numbers 25:18 for
they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived
you in the affair of Peor, and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian,
their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor."
NAS Deuteronomy 11:16
"Beware, lest your hearts be deceived and you turn away and serve other
gods and worship them.
NAS Joshua 7:11
"Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I
commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and
have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among
their own things.
NAS Joshua 9:22 Then
Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived
us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you are living within our land?
NAS Judges 16:10 Then
Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies;
now please tell me, how you may be bound."
13 Then Delilah said
to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies; tell me how
you may be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks
of my hair with the web and fasten it with a pin, then I shall become weak
and be like any other man."
15 Then she said to
him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You
have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great
strength is."
NAS 1 Samuel 19:17 So
Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy
go, so that he has escaped?" And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me,
'Let me go! Why should I put you to death?'"
NAS 1 Samuel 28:12 When
the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to
Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul."
NAS 2 Samuel 19:26 So he
answered, "O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant
said, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the
king,' because your servant is lame.
NAS Psalm 78:36 But they
deceived Him with their mouth, And lied to Him with their tongue.
NAS Isaiah 44:20 He
feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver
himself, nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
NAS Jeremiah 4:10 Then I
said, "Ah, Lord God! Surely Thou hast utterly deceived this people and
Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace'; whereas a sword touches the
throat."
NAS Jeremiah 20:7 O
LORD, Thou hast deceived me and I was deceived; Thou hast overcome me and
prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.
10 For I have heard
the whispering of many, "Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes,
let us denounce him!" All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say:
"Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take
our revenge on him."
NAS Jeremiah 42:20 For
you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the LORD
your God, saying, "Pray for us to the LORD our God; and whatever the LORD
our God says, tell us so, and we will do it."
NAS Jeremiah 49:16
"As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O
you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from
there," declares the LORD.
NAS Lamentations 1:19
"I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my
elders perished in the city, While they sought food to restore their strength
themselves.
NAS Obadiah 1:3
"The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts
of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart,
'Who will bring me down to earth?'
NAS Romans 7:11 for sin,
taking opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed
me.
NAS 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or
do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do
not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor homosexuals,
NAS 1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
NAS 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds
should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to
Christ.
NAS Galatians 6:7 Do not
be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also
reap.
NAS 1 Timothy 2:14 And it
was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived,
fell into transgression.
NAS 2 Timothy 3:13 But
evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and
being deceived.
NAS Titus 3:3 For we
also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various
lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one
another.
NAS James 1:16 Do not be
deceived, my beloved brethren.
NAS Revelation 18:23 and
the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the
bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants
were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your
sorcery.
NAS Revelation 19:20 And
the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in
his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast
and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of
fire which burns with brimstone.
NAS Revelation 20:10 And
the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day
and night forever and ever.
Deceiver
NAS Genesis 27:12
"Perhaps my father will feel me, then I shall be as a deceiver in his
sight; and I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing."
NAS Matthew 27:63 and
said, "Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said,
'After three days I am to rise again.'
NAS 2 John 1:7 For many
deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus
Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Deceivers
NAS 2 Corinthians 6:8 by
glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as
deceivers and yet true;
NAS Titus 1:10 For there
are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the
circumcision,
NAS 2 John 1:7 For many
deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus
Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Deceives
NAS Leviticus 6:2
"When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD, and deceives
his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or
through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion,
NAS Job 13:9 "Will
it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
NAS Proverbs 26:19 So is
the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?"
NAS Jeremiah 9:5
"And everyone deceives his neighbor, And does not speak the truth, They
have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing
iniquity.
NAS Galatians 6:3 For if
anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
NAS James 1:26 If anyone
thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives
his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.
NAS Revelation 12:9 And
the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil
and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and
his angels were thrown down with him.
NAS Revelation 13:14 And
he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was
given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on
the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has
come to life.
Deceiving
NAS Genesis 31:26 Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done by deceiving
me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword?
NAS 1 Kings 22:22
"And the LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a
deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to
entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.'
23 "Now
therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all
these your prophets; and the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you."
NAS 2 Chronicles 18:21
"And he said, 'I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and prevail also. Go and
do so.'
22 "Now
therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of these
your prophets; for the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you."
NAS Job 15:31 "Let
him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his
reward.
NAS Romans 3:13
"Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep
deceiving," "The poison of asps is under their lips";
NAS 2 Timothy 3:13 But
evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and
being deceived.
NAS 1 John 1:8 If we say
that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.