Deception
Deception
Instances of:
– By Satan
Gen 3:4
– By Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister
Gen 12:13; Gen 20:2
– By Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister
Gen 26:7
– By Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob’s impersonating Esau
Gen 27:6-23
– By Jacob’s sons, in entrapping the Shechemites
Gen 34:13-31
– By Jacob’s sons, in representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts
Gen 37:29-35
– By Joseph, in his ruse with his brethren
Gen 42
– By the Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Jos 9:3-15
– Ehud deceives Eglon, and slays him
Jud 3:15-30
– Delilah deceives Samson
Jud 16:4-20
– David feigns madness
1Sa 21:10-15
– Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness
2Sa 13:6-14
– Hushai deceives Absolom
2Sa 16:15-19
– Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah
Neh 6
– By Absalom, when he avenged his sister
2Sa 13:24-28
– By Absalom, when he began his conspiracy
2Sa 15:7
By the old prophet
1Ki 13:18
– By Gehazi
2Ki 5:20
– By Job’s friends
Job 6:15
– By Doeg
Psa 52:2
– By Herod
Mat 2:8
– By Pharisees
Mat 22:16
– By chief priests
Mar 14:1
– By lawyer
Luk 10:25
– By Ananias and Sapphira
Act 5:1 Deceit; Hypocrisy; Falsehood; False Witness
Self:
Confidence, False; Flattery