Bible Verses About Trickery
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for trickery, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 255 votes, led by Proverbs 6:16-19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Trickery
Proverbs 6:16-1943 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Genesis 3:128 votes
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Ephesians 6:1127 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
1 John 4:124 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.
1 Corinthians 10:1320 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.
Hosea 4:618 votes
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Ephesians 4:1414 votes
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Matthew 24:2413 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 Peter 2:113 votes
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
1 Peter 5:812 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Proverbs 26:18-1911 votes
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Ephesians 6:10-1811 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Revelation 21:811 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.
1 John 4:1-310 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.
What does the Bible say about trickery?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 6:16-19 on the subject of trickery. Across 255 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 3:1, Ephesians 6:11, 1 John 4:1. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.