Quotes about Deception
“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
— 1 Samuel 18:21
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
— 1 Samuel 18:25
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
— 1 Samuel 19:14
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
— 1 Samuel 19:17
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
— 1 Samuel 20:33
So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
— 1 Samuel 21:13
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
— 1 Samuel 23:19
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
— 1 Samuel 25:19
Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
— 2 Samuel 3:25
As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David was unaware of it.
— 2 Samuel 3:26
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
— 2 Samuel 3:27
They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
— 2 Samuel 4:6