lie, falsehood, deception, vanity
lie, falsehood, deception, vanity. Lie, false testimony, breach of trust, deceptive unreality; prohibited in Decalogue ('false witness', ed sheqer) and characterizing false prophets.
deceit, treachery, guile, fraud
deceit, treachery, guile, fraud. Deceit, craftiness, fraud, false balances; moral treachery condemned in wisdom literature and absent from the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 53:9).
to deceive
to deceive. Primary meaning: to deceive. Strong's: to be guileful. Lexical nuances: to deceive : ἐδολιοῦσαν ( -σαν , freq. in κοινή Gk. for impf. 3rd pers. pl.), Ro 3:13 (LXX) .†
deceitful
deceitful. Primary meaning: deceitful. Strong's: guileful. Lexical nuances: deceitful : II Co 11:13 .†
a bait, a snare, craft, deceit
a bait, a snare, craft, deceit. Primary meaning: a bait, a snare, craft, deceit. Strong's: compare G1185 (δελεάζω)); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile. Lexical nuances: in Hom., a bait .
Proverbs • Chapter 23 (35 verses)
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Psalms • Chapter 36 (12 verses)
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms • Chapter 52 (9 verses)
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Psalms • Chapter 120 (7 verses)
In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Mentions: Meshech , Kedar .
Psalms • Chapter 109 (31 verses)
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Proverbs • Chapter 11 (31 verses)
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs • Chapter 20 (30 verses)
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Psalms • Chapter 43 (5 verses)
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them le...
2 Corinthians • Chapter 4 (18 verses)
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscien... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Jeremiah • Chapter 9 (26 verses)
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Ammon , Moab , Jerusalem , Zion , Egypt , Edom.
Jeremiah • Chapter 17 (27 verses)
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in th... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , David , Benjamin , Jerusalem .
prosperity, peace, tranquillity
prosperity, peace, tranquillity. Tranquillity, prosperous peace granted by God or deceitfully enjoyed by proud rulers (Daniel 4:27).
Isaiah • Chapter 53 (12 verses)
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised...
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 37 (31 verses)
Every friend will say, I also am his friend: But there is a friend, which is only a friend in name. Is there not a grief in it even to death, When a companion and friend is turned to enmity? O wicked imagination, whence came you rolling in To cover the dry land with deceitfulness... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .
The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)
And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 11 (33 verses)
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ . But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Macedonia , Achaia , Damascus .
Isaiah • Chapter 30 (33 verses)
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt , and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Phara... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Zoan , Hanes , Zion , Jerusalem .
Proverbs • Chapter 14 (35 verses)
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve the...
Proverbs • Chapter 12 (28 verses)
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Proverbs • Chapter 27 (27 verses)
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
1 Thessalonians • Chapter 2 (20 verses)
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi , we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. For our exhortat... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Philippi .
Romans • Chapter 3 (31 verses)
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Genesis • Chapter 34 (31 verses)
And Dinah the daughter of Leah , which she bare unto Jacob , went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob ,... Mentions: Dinah, Leah , Jacob/Israel, Simeon , Levi , Shechem .
Colossians • Chapter 2 (23 verses)
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea , and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the ackn... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Laodicea .
Hosea • Chapter 12 (14 verses)
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt . The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah , and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according ... Mentions: Ephraim , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Gilead , Gilgal 1 , Syria .
Hosea • Chapter 11 (12 verses)
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt . As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Judah , Egypt , Admah , Zeboiim , Assyria .
Psalms • Chapter 101 (8 verses)
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; ...
Hebrews • Chapter 3 (19 verses)
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus ; Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses , in... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Moses, Egypt .
Proverbs • Chapter 29 (27 verses)
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth compa...
Amos • Chapter 8 (14 verses)
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. And he said, Amos , what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel ; I will not again pass by them any more. And the songs of the... Mentions: Amos , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Egypt , Samaria .
Exodus • Chapter 21 (36 verses)
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with hi...