Quotes about Deception
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
— Proverbs 26:26
The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
— Proverbs 27:6
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
— Proverbs 29:5
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
— Proverbs 29:12
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
— Proverbs 30:20
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
— Proverbs 31:30
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
— Ecclesiastes 7:26
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
— Isaiah 1:22
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
— Isaiah 5:20
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
— Isaiah 9:15
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
— Isaiah 9:16
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
— Isaiah 28:15