Deception

• INSTANCES OF
• By SatanGen 3:4
• Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sisterGen 12:13Gen 20:2
• Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sisterGen 26:7
• Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating EsauGen 27:6–23
• Jacob's sons, in entrapping the ShechemitesGen 34:13–31
• In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beastsGen 37:29–35
• Joseph, in his ruse with his brothersGen 42Gen 43Gen 44
• The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitatJos 9:3–15
• Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills himJdg 3:15–30
• Delilah deceives SamsonJdg 16:4–20
• David feigns madness1Sa 21:10–15
• Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness2Sa 13:6–14
• Hushai deceives Absalom2Sa 16:15–19
• Sanballat tries to deceive NehemiahNeh 6
• By Absalom
• When he avenged his sister2Sa 13:24–28
• When he began his conspiracy2Sa 15:7
• The old prophet1Ki 13:18
• Gehazi2Ki 5:20
• Job's friendsJob 6:15
• DoegPsa 52:2
• HerodMat 2:8
• PhariseesMat 22:16
• Chief priestsMrk 14:1
• LawyerLuk 10:25
• Ananias and SapphiraAct 5:1
• SELF

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