Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Deceive’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Deceive’ occurs 72 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 3:13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And she responded, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”Genesis 3:13
Genesis 29:25 And he said to his father-in-law, “What is it that you intended to do? Did I not serve you for Rachel? Why have you deceived me?”Genesis 29:25
Number of the word / term Deceive in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 8:29 And Moses said: “After departing from you, I will pray to the Lord. And the flies will withdraw from Pharaoh, and from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Yet do not be willing to deceive any longer, so that you would not release the people to sacrifice to the Lord.”Exodus 8:29
Number of the word / term Deceive in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Neither shall anyone deceive his neighbor.Leviticus 19:11
Number of the word / term Deceive in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 25:18 for they, too, have behaved with hostility against you, and they have deceived you insidiously by means of the idol Peor, and by Cozbi, the daughter of a commander of Midian, their sister, who was struck down in the day of the scourge because of the sacrilege of Peor.”Numbers 25:18
Numbers 31:16 Are not these the ones who deceived the sons of Israel at the suggestion of Balaam, and who caused you betray the Lord by the sin of Peor, because of which the people also were struck down?Numbers 31:16
Number of the word / term Deceive in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 4:16 Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female,Deuteronomy 4:16
Deuteronomy 4:19 Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.Deuteronomy 4:19
Deuteronomy 4:25 When you will have conceived sons and grandsons while abiding in the land, and if, having been deceived, you make for yourselves any likeness, accomplishing evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to wrath,Deuteronomy 4:25
Deuteronomy 11:16 Be careful, lest perhaps your heart may be deceived, and you might withdraw from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them.Deuteronomy 11:16
Deuteronomy 30:17 But if your heart will have been turned aside, so that you are not willing to listen, and, having been deceived by error, you adore strange gods and serve them,Deuteronomy 30:17
Number of the word / term Deceive in Deuteronomy: 5
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 9:22 Joshua called the Gibeonites, and he said to them: “Why would you be willing to deceive us by fraud, saying, ‘We live very far away from you,’ when you are in our midst?Joshua 9:22
Number of the word / term Deceive in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Judges
Judges 9:36 And when Gaal had seen the people, he said to Zebul, “Behold, a multitude is descending from the mountains.” And he responded to him, “You are seeing the shadows of the mountains, as if they were the heads of men, and so you are being deceived by this error.”Judges 9:36
Judges 16:13 And Delilah spoke to him again: “How long will you deceive me and tell me falsehoods? Reveal with what you ought to be bound.” And Samson responded to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with a loom, and if you tie these around a spike and fix it to the ground, I will be weak.”Judges 16:13
Number of the word / term Deceive in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 19:17 And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me in this way, and released my enemy, so that he may flee?” And Michal responded to Saul, “Because he said to me, ‘Release me, otherwise I will kill you.’ ”1 Samuel 19:17
Number of the word / term Deceive in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 3:25 Do you not know, about Abner, the son of Ner, that he came to you for this, so that he might deceive you, and might know of your departure and your return, and so that he might know all that you do?”2 Samuel 3:25
Number of the word / term Deceive in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 13:18 And he said to him: “I, too, am a prophet like you. And an Angel spoke to me, by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Lead him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread, and drink water.’ ” And so he deceived him.1 Kings 13:18
1 Kings 22:22 And he said, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive him, and you will prevail. Go forth, and do so.’1 Kings 22:22
Number of the word / term Deceive in 1 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 4:28 And she said to him: “Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say to you, ‘You should not deceive me?’ ”2 Kings 4:28
2 Kings 18:32 until I arrive and transfer you into a land, similar to your own land, a fruitful and fertile land of wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olives and oil and honey. And you will live, and not die. Do not choose to listen to Hezekiah, who deceives you, saying: ‘The Lord will free us.’2 Kings 18:32
Number of the word / term Deceive in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 18:19 And the Lord said: ‘Who will deceive Ahab, the king of Israel, so that he may ascend and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And when one spoke in one way, and another in another way,2 Chronicles 18:19
2 Chronicles 18:20 there came forward a spirit, and he stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will deceive him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘In what way will you deceive him?’2 Chronicles 18:20
2 Chronicles 18:21 And he responded, ‘I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said: ‘You will deceive and prevail. Go forth and do so.’2 Chronicles 18:21
2 Chronicles 32:11 Does not Hezekiah deceive you, so that he would deliver you to die from hunger and thirst, by affirming that the Lord your God will free you from the hand of the king of the Assyrians?2 Chronicles 32:11
2 Chronicles 32:15 Therefore, let not Hezekiah deceive or delude you with vain persuasion. And you should not believe him. For if no god out of all the nations and kingdoms was able to free his people from my hand, and from the hand of my fathers, consequently neither will your God be able to rescue you from my hand.”2 Chronicles 32:15
Number of the word / term Deceive in 2 Chronicles: 5
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Job
Job 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom; he knows both the deceiver and he who is deceived.Job 12:16
Job 13:9 Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness?Job 13:9
Job 15:31 He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price.Job 15:31
Job 31:9 If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,Job 31:9
Number of the word / term Deceive in Job: 4
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 15:4 In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.Psalm 15:4
Psalm 62:9 So, truly, the sons of men are untrustworthy. The sons of men are liars in the scales, so that, by emptiness, they may deceive among themselves.Psalm 62:9
Psalm 77:2 In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled.Psalm 77:2
Number of the word / term Deceive in Psalm: 3
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 5:23 He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived.Proverbs 5:23
Proverbs 7:25 Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.Proverbs 7:25
Proverbs 11:9 The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.Proverbs 11:9
Proverbs 12:17 He is a sign of justice, who speaks what he knows. But whoever deceives is a dishonest witness.Proverbs 12:17
Proverbs 12:26 He who ignores a loss for the sake of a friend is just. But the way of the impious will deceive them.Proverbs 12:26
Proverbs 28:10 Whoever deceives the just in a malicious way will fall into his own perdition. And the simple shall possess his goods.Proverbs 28:10
Proverbs 28:23 Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.Proverbs 28:23
Number of the word / term Deceive in Proverbs: 7
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:2 Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: “Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?”Ecclesiastes 2:2
Ecclesiastes 7:5 It is better to be corrected by a wise man, than to be deceived by the false praise of the foolish.Ecclesiastes 7:5
Number of the word / term Deceive in Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 19:13 The leaders of Tanis have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have decayed. They have deceived Egypt, the corner of its people.Isaiah 19:13
Isaiah 36:14 Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. For he will not be able to rescue you.Isaiah 36:14
Isaiah 37:10 “You shall say this to Hezekiah, the king of Judah, saying: Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying: ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’Isaiah 37:10
Isaiah 47:10 And you have trusted in your malice, and you have said: “There is no one who sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge, these have deceived you. And you have said in your heart: “I am, and beside me there is no other.”Isaiah 47:10
Number of the word / term Deceive in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 4:10 And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Could it be that you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying: ‘Peace shall be yours,’ while, behold, the sword reaches even to the soul?”Jeremiah 4:10
Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the insults of many, and terror all around: ‘Persecute him!’ and, ‘Let us persecute him!’ from all the men who had been at peace with me and who had kept watch by my side. ‘If only there were some way that he might be deceived, and we might prevail against him and obtain vengeance from him!’Jeremiah 20:10
Jeremiah 23:13 And I have seen the foolishness of the prophets of Samaria. They have prophesied in Baal, and they have deceived my people Israel.Jeremiah 23:13
Jeremiah 23:16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not choose to listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you and deceive you. They speak a vision from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.Jeremiah 23:16
Jeremiah 37:9 Thus says the Lord: Do not be willing to deceive your own souls, saying: ‘The Chaldeans will certainly withdraw and go away from us.’ For they will not go away.Jeremiah 37:9
Jeremiah 42:20 For you have deceived your own souls. For you have sent me to the Lord our God, saying: ‘Pray on our behalf to the Lord our God. And in accord with anything whatsoever that the Lord our God will tell you, announce this to us, and we will do it.’Jeremiah 42:20
Jeremiah 49:16 Your arrogance has deceived you, by the pride of your heart, you who live in the caverns of the rock and who strive to take hold of the height of the hill. But even if you make your nest like that of an eagle, I will pull you down from there, says the Lord.Jeremiah 49:16
Number of the word / term Deceive in Jeremiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:19 COPH. I called for my friends, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have been consumed in the city. For they were seeking their food, so as to revive their life.Lamentations 1:19
Number of the word / term Deceive in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 13:10 For they have deceived my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ and there is no peace. And they have built a wall, but they have covered it in clay without straw.Ezekiel 13:10
Ezekiel 14:9 And when a prophet has gone astray and has spoken a word: I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet. And I will extend my hand over him, and I will wipe him away from the midst of my people, Israel.Ezekiel 14:9
Ezekiel 45:20 And so shall you do on the seventh day of the month, on behalf of each one who was ignorant or who was deceived by error. And you shall make expiation for the house.Ezekiel 45:20
Number of the word / term Deceive in Ezekiel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 4:12 My people have inquired of their stave, and their staff has announced to them. For the spirit of fornication has deceived them, and they have been fornicating before their God.Hosea 4:12
Hosea 9:2 The threshing floor and the oil press will not feed them, and the wine will deceive them.Hosea 9:2
Number of the word / term Deceive in Hosea: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Amos
Amos 2:4 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Judah, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has rejected the law of the Lord and has not kept his commandments. For their idols, which their fathers followed, have deceived them.Amos 2:4
Number of the word / term Deceive in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Obadiah
Obadiah 1:7 They have sent you out all the way to the limit. All the men of your alliance have deceived you. Your men of peace have prevailed against you. Those who eat with you will place snares under you. There is no foresight in him.Obadiah 1:7
Number of the word / term Deceive in Obadiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Micah
Micah 1:14 Because of this, she will send emissaries to the inheritance of Gath: the house of Lying in order to deceive the kings of Israel.Micah 1:14
Number of the word / term Deceive in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2:5 And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples.Habakkuk 2:5
Number of the word / term Deceive in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 13:4 And this shall be: In that day, the prophets will be confounded, each one by his own vision, when he will prophesy. Neither will they be covered with a garment of sackcloth in order to deceive.Zechariah 13:4
Number of the word / term Deceive in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Mark
Mark 10:19 You know the precepts: “Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not speak false testimony. Do not deceive. Honor your father and mother.”Mark 10:19
Number of the word / term Deceive in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise.1 Corinthians 3:18
Number of the word / term Deceive in 1 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 6:3 For if anyone considers himself to be something, though he may be nothing, he deceives himself.Galatians 6:3
Number of the word / term Deceive in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 4:14 So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error.Ephesians 4:14
Number of the word / term Deceive in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 2:4 Now I say this, so that no one may deceive you with grandiose words.Colossians 2:4
Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.Colossians 2:8
Number of the word / term Deceive in Colossians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For this cannot be, unless the apostasy will have arrived first, and the man of sin will have been revealed, the son of perdition,2 Thessalonians 2:3
Number of the word / term Deceive in 2 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book Titus
Titus 1:10 For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.Titus 1:10
Number of the word / term Deceive in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Deceive’ in the book 1 John
1 John 3:7 Little sons, let no one deceive you. Whoever does justice is just, even as he also is just.1 John 3:7
Number of the word / term ‘Deceive’ in 1 John: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 72
