Bible Verses About Deceit
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for deceit, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,299 votes, led by Psalms 101:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Deceit
Psalms 101:7536 votes
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Proverbs 6:16-19472 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 20:17452 votes
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 26:24-26322 votes
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Psalms 120:2308 votes
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Romans 16:18290 votes
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Jeremiah 17:9261 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Psalms 36:3235 votes
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Colossians 2:8231 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Proverbs 19:9205 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Psalms 43:1203 votes
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
1 Peter 3:10185 votes
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Mark 7:20-23158 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Psalms 10:7150 votes
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Ephesians 5:6148 votes
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
1 Peter 2:1148 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Proverbs 24:28130 votes
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Proverbs 12:17129 votes
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Jeremiah 9:6125 votes
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:12-15124 votes
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Proverbs 12:5123 votes
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Psalms 5:6121 votes
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Proverbs 14:8116 votes
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Colossians 3:9-10114 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Revelation 21:8108 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
What does the Bible say about deceit?
Readers most often cite Psalms 101:7 on the subject of deceit. Across 11,299 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 6:16-19, Proverbs 20:17, Proverbs 26:24-26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.