Bible Verses About Deceit

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart.

Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

A slaughtering arrow is their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?