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General scriptures concerning Exodus 20:16 · Exodus 23:1 · Leviticus 6:2-7 · Leviticus 19:11,12,16 · Job 13:4 · Job 21:34 · Job 27:4 · Job 31:5,6,33 · Job 36:4 · Psalms 5:6,9 · Psalms 10:7 · Psalms 12:2,3 · Psalms 28:3 · Psalms 31:18 · Psalms 34:13 · Psalms 36:3 · Psalms 50:19,20 · Psalms 52:2-5 · Psalms 55:21,23 · Psalms 58:3 · Psalms 59:12 · Psalms 62:4 · Psalms 63:11 · Psalms 101:5,7 · Psalms 109:2 · Psalms 116:11 · Psalms 119:29,69,163 · Psalms 120:2-4 · Psalms 144:8,11 · Proverbs 2:12-15 · Proverbs 3:3 · Proverbs 6:12,13,17-19 · Proverbs 10:9,10,18,31 · Proverbs 11:9 · Proverbs 12:17,19,20,22 · Proverbs 13:5 · Proverbs 14:5,8,25 · Proverbs 17:4,7 · Proverbs 19:5,9,22,28 · Proverbs 20:17 · Proverbs 21:6 · Proverbs 26:18,19,24-26,28 · Proverbs 27:14 · Ecclesiastes 5:6 · Isaiah 28:15 · Isaiah 32:7 · Isaiah 57:11 · Isaiah 59:3,4,12,13 · Isaiah 63:8 · Jeremiah 7:8,28 · Jeremiah 9:3,5,6,8 · Jeremiah 12:6 · Jeremiah 50:36 · Ezekiel 22:9 · Hosea 4:1,2 · Obadiah 1:7 · Micah 6:12 · Nahum 3:1 · Zephaniah 3:13 · Matthew 25:44-46 · John 8:44,45 · Ephesians 4:25,29 · Colossians 3:9 · 1 Timothy 1:9,10 · 1 Timothy 4:2 · 1 Peter 3:10,16 · Revelation 21:8,27 · Revelation 22:15
See also: Accusation, False
See also: Conspiracy
See also: Deceit
See also: Deception
See also: False Witness
See also: Flattery
See also: Hypocrisy
See also: Perjury
See also: Teachers, False
INSTANCES OF
Satan
In deceiving Eve Genesis 3:4,5
In impugning Job's motives for being righteous Job 1:9,10 · Job 2:4,5
In his false pretensions to Jesus Matthew 4:8,9 · Luke 4:6,7
Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility Genesis 3:12,13
Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother Genesis 4:9
Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife Genesis 12:11-19 · Genesis 20:2
Sarah
To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief Genesis 18:15
In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wife Genesis 20:5,16
Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife Genesis 26:7-10
Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau Genesis 27:6-24,46
Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised Genesis 34
Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts Genesis 37:29-35
Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph Genesis 39:14-17
Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers Genesis 42 · Genesis 43 · Genesis 44
Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites Exodus 7 · Exodus 8 · Exodus 9 · Exodus 10 · Exodus 11 · Exodus 12
Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf Exodus 32:1-24
Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house Joshua 2:4-6
The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinity Joshua 9
Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him Judges 3:16-23
Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers Judges 4:20
Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed 1 Samuel 15:1-26
In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself 1 Samuel 22:11-16
David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor 1 Samuel 21
David in feigning madness 1 Samuel 21:13-15
David's other deceits with the Philistines 1 Samuel 27:8-12
The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai 2 Samuel 15:34-37
Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence 1 Samuel 19:12-17
The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul 2 Samuel 1:10-12
Hushai
In false professions to Absalom 2 Samuel 16:16-19
In his deceitful counsel to Absalom 2 Samuel 17:7-14
The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army 2 Samuel 17:15-22
The murder, under false pretense
Of Adonijah 1 Kings 2:23
Of Shimei 1 Kings 2:42,43
Of Jeroboam's wife 1 Kings 14:2
The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah 1 Kings 13:11-22
Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman 1 Kings 14:5-7
The conspirators against Naboth 1 Kings 21:7-13
Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes 2 Kings 5:20-24
Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery 2 Kings 8:7-15
Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them 2 Kings 10:18-28
Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer 2 Chronicles 36:13 · Ezekiel 16:59 · Ezekiel 17:15-20
Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem Ezra 4
Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem Nehemiah 6
Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews Esther 3:8
Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans Jeremiah 37:13-15
Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the Lord Jeremiah 42:20
Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship Jesus Matthew 2:8
Jewish leaders
In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a winebibber (a wino) Matthew 11:19
In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist Matthew 21:24-27
Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin Matthew 9:2-6 · Mark 2:7 · Luke 5:21
And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God Matthew 26:65 · Mark 14:64 · John 10:33-38
Peter, in denying Jesus Matthew 26:69-75 · Mark 14:68-71 · Luke 22:56-62 · John 18:25-27
The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus Matthew 28:13,15
The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not Matthew 21:30
Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum Acts 5:1-10
Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God Acts 6:11-14
Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar Acts 16:20,21 · Acts 17:5-7 · Acts 24:5 · Acts 25:7,8
The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies Titus 1:12
See also: Accusation, False
See also: Conspiracy
See also: False Witness
See also: Hypocrisy
See also: Perjury
See also: Teachers, False
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.