Quotes about Deception
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
— Jeremiah 6:14
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
— Jeremiah 7:4
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
— Jeremiah 7:8
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
— Jeremiah 8:8
They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
— Jeremiah 8:11
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
— Jeremiah 9:4
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
— Jeremiah 9:5
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
— Jeremiah 9:6
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
— Jeremiah 9:8
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
— Jeremiah 11:19
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
— Jeremiah 12:2
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
— Jeremiah 12:6