Falsehood

General scriptures concerningExo 20:16 Exo 23:1 Lev 6:2–7 Lev 19:11 Lev 19:12 Lev 19:16 Job 13:4 Job 21:34 Job 27:4 Job 31:5 Job 31:6 Job 31:33 Job 36:4 Psa 5:6 Psa 5:9 Psa 10:7 Psa 12:2 Psa 12:3 Psa 28:3 Psa 31:18 Psa 34:13 Psa 36:3 Psa 50:19 Psa 50:20 Psa 52:2–5 Psa 55:21 Psa 55:23 Psa 58:3 Psa 59:12 Psa 62:4 Psa 63:11 Psa 101:5 Psa 101:7 Psa 109:2 Psa 116:11 Psa 119:29 Psa 119:69 Psa 119:163 Psa 120:2–4 Psa 144:8 Psa 144:11 Pro 2:12–15 Pro 3:3 Pro 6:12 Pro 6:13 Pro 6:17–19 Pro 10:9 Pro 10:10 Pro 10:18 Pro 10:31 Pro 11:9 Pro 12:17 Pro 12:19 Pro 12:20 Pro 12:22 Pro 13:5 Pro 14:5 Pro 14:8 Pro 14:25 Pro 17:4 Pro 17:7 Pro 19:5 Pro 19:9 Pro 19:22 Pro 19:28 Pro 20:17 Pro 21:6 Pro 26:18 Pro 26:19 Pro 26:24–26 Pro 26:28 Pro 27:14 Ecc 5:6 Isa 28:15 Isa 32:7 Isa 57:11 Isa 59:3 Isa 59:4 Isa 59:12 Isa 59:13 Isa 63:8 Jer 7:8 Jer 7:28 Jer 9:3 Jer 9:5 Jer 9:6 Jer 9:8 Jer 12:6 Jer 50:36 Ezk 22:9 Hos 4:1 Hos 4:2 Oba 1:7 Mic 6:12 Nam 3:1 Zep 3:13 Mat 25:44–46 Jhn 8:44 Jhn 8:45 Eph 4:25 Eph 4:29 Col 3:9 1Ti 1:9 1Ti 1:10 1Ti 4:2 1Pe 3:10 1Pe 3:16 Rev 21:8 Rev 21:27 Rev 22:15
INSTANCES OF
Satan
In deceiving EveGen 3:4 Gen 3:5
In impugning Job's motives for being righteousJob 1:9 Job 1:10 Job 2:4 Job 2:5
In his false pretensions to JesusMat 4:8 Mat 4:9 Luk 4:6 Luk 4:7
Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibilityGen 3:12 Gen 3:13
Cain, in denying knowledge of his brotherGen 4:9
Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wifeGen 12:11–19 Gen 20:2
Sarah
To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbeliefGen 18:15
In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wifeGen 20:5 Gen 20:16
Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wifeGen 26:7–10
Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against EsauGen 27:6–24 Gen 27:46
Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcisedGen 34
Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beastsGen 37:29–35
Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing JosephGen 39:14–17
Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothersGen 42 Gen 43 Gen 44
Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the IsraelitesExo 7 Exo 8 Exo 9 Exo 10 Exo 11 Exo 12
Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calfExo 32:1–24
Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her houseJos 2:4–6
The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinityJos 9
Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate himJdg 3:16–23
Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuersJdg 4:20
Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed1Sa 15:1–26
In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself1Sa 22:11–16
David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor1Sa 21
David in feigning madness1Sa 21:13–15
David's other deceits with the Philistines1Sa 27:8–12
The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai2Sa 15:34–37
Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence1Sa 19:12–17
The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul2Sa 1:10–12
Hushai
In false professions to Absalom2Sa 16:16–19
In his deceitful counsel to Absalom2Sa 17:7–14
The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army2Sa 17:15–22
The murder, under false pretense
Of Adonijah1Ki 2:23
Of Shimei1Ki 2:42 1Ki 2:43
Of Jeroboam's wife1Ki 14:2
The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah1Ki 13:11–22
Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman1Ki 14:5–7
The conspirators against Naboth1Ki 21:7–13
Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes2Ki 5:20–24
Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery2Ki 8:7–15
Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them2Ki 10:18–28
Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer2Ch 36:13 Ezk 16:59 Ezk 17:15–20
Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at JerusalemEzr 4
Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of JerusalemNeh 6
Haman, in his conspiracy against the JewsEst 3:8
Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the ChaldeansJer 37:13–15
Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the LordJer 42:20
Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship JesusMat 2:8
Jewish leaders
In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a winebibber (a wino)Mat 11:19
In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the BaptistMat 21:24–27
Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sinMat 9:2–6 Mrk 2:7 Luk 5:21
And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of GodMat 26:65 Mrk 14:64 Jhn 10:33–38
Peter, in denying JesusMat 26:69–75 Mrk 14:68–71 Luk 22:56–62 Jhn 18:25–27
The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of JesusMat 28:13 Mat 28:15
The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did notMat 21:30
Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sumAct 5:1–10
Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and GodAct 6:11–14
Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to CaesarAct 16:20 Act 16:21 Act 17:5–7 Act 24:5 Act 25:7 Act 25:8
The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow belliesTit 1:12

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