Bible Verses About Deceiving
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for deceiving, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,187 votes, led by 1 John 4:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Deceiving
1 John 4:1252 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Proverbs 6:16-19239 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
2 Timothy 3:13237 votes
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
1 Timothy 4:1160 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
John 8:44147 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ephesians 6:11139 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
James 1:22134 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Revelation 12:9127 votes
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11117 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Titus 1:15-16112 votes
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
1 John 1:899 votes
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
2 Corinthians 11:13-1498 votes
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Colossians 2:892 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.
Leviticus 19:1185 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
1 Corinthians 10:1383 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Jeremiah 17:981 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Revelation 21:879 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.
Romans 16:1878 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.
2 Corinthians 4:477 votes
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Matthew 24:2471 votes
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
2 Thessalonians 2:369 votes
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
1 Corinthians 6:1061 votes
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Zechariah 8:1760 votes
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
Revelation 1:160 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Genesis 3:1358 votes
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
What does the Bible say about deceiving?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:1 on the subject of deceiving. Across 6,187 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 6:16-19, 2 Timothy 3:13, 1 Timothy 4:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.