Quotes about Deception
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
— Isaiah 47:10
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
— Isaiah 57:3
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
— Isaiah 59:3
They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
— Isaiah 59:5
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 3:10
But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 3:20
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
— Jeremiah 4:10
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
— Jeremiah 4:22
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
— Jeremiah 5:2
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 5:11
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
— Jeremiah 5:12
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
— Jeremiah 5:31