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