Quotes about Deception
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
— Acts 20:30
More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
— Acts 23:13
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
— Acts 23:21
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
— Romans 1:22
For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
— Romans 7:11
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
— Romans 16:18
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
— 1 Corinthians 6:8
in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
— 2 Corinthians 2:11
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
— 2 Corinthians 11:3
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
— 2 Corinthians 11:15
Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
— 2 Corinthians 12:16