Falsehood General references
Exodus 23:1; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 19:12; Leviticus 19:16; Exodus 20:16; Job 13:4; Job 21:34; Job 27:4; Job 31:6; Job 31:33; Job 36:4; Psalms 5:6; Psalms 5:9; Psalms 10:7; Psalms 12:3; Psalms 28:3; Psalms 31:18; Psalms 34:13; 1 Peter 3:10; Psalms 36:3; Psalms 50:20; Psalms 52:5; Psalms 55:21; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 58:3; Psalms 59:12; Psalms 62:4; Psalms 63:11; Psalms 101:5; Psalms 101:7; Psalms 109:2; Psalms 116:11; Psalms 119:29; Psalms 119:69; Psalms 119:163; Psalms 120:4; Psalms 144:8; Psalms 144:11; Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 6:13; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 11:9; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 13:5; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 14:25; Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 19:22; Proverbs 19:28; Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:19; Proverbs 26:26; Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 27:14; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 32:7; Isaiah 57:11; Isaiah 59:4; Isaiah 59:13; Isaiah 63:8; Jeremiah 7:8; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 9:3; Jeremiah 9:6; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 50:36; Ezekiel 22:9; Hosea 4:2; Obadiah 1:7; Micah 6:12; Nahum 3:1; Zephaniah 3:13; Matthew 25:46; John 8:45; Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:10; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 Peter 3:16; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 21:27; Revelation 22:15
Accusation, False; Conspiracy; Deceit; Deception; False Witness; Flattery; Hypocrisy; Perjury; Teachers, False
Instances of:
- Satan:
b in deceiving Eve
Genesis 3:5
b in impugning Job's motives for being righteous
Job 1:10; Job 2:5
b in his false pretensions to Jesus
Matthew 4:9; Luke 4:7
- Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility
Genesis 3:13
- Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother
Genesis 4:9
- Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife
Genesis 12:19; Genesis 20:2
- Sarah:
b to the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief
Genesis 18:15
b in denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wife
Genesis 20:5; Genesis 20:16
- Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife
Genesis 26:10
- Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau
Genesis 27:24; Genesis 27:46
- Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised
Genesis 34
- Joseph's brethren, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts
Genesis 37:35
- Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph
Genesis 39:17
- Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brethren
Genesis 42
- Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites
Exodus 7
- Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf
Exodus 32:24
- Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house
Joshua 2:6
- 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 dwelt in the immediate vicinity
Joshua 9
- Ehud, in pretending to bear secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his object was to assassinate him
Judges 3:23
- Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers
Judges 4:20
- Saul:
b in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed
1 Samuel 15:26
b in accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself
1 Samuel 22:16
- David:
b Lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor
1 Samuel 21:15
b in feigning madness
1 Samuel 21:15
b Other deceits with the Philistines
1 Samuel 27:12
b the falsehood he put in the mouth of Hushai, of friendship to Absalom
2 Samuel 15:37
- Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence
1 Samuel 19:17
- The Amalekite who claimed to have slain Saul
2 Samuel 1:12
- Hushai:
b in false professions to Absalom
2 Samuel 16:19
b in his deceitful counsel to Absalom
2 Samuel 17:14
- The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army
2 Samuel 17:22
- The murder, under false pretense:
b of Adonijah
1 Kings 2:23
b of Shimei
1 Kings 2:43
b of Jeroboam's wife
1 Kings 14:2
- The old prophet of Beth-El who misguided the prophet of Judah
1 Kings 13:22
- Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself another woman
1 Kings 14:7
- The conspirators against Naboth
1 Kings 21:13
- Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of raiment
2 Kings 5:24
- Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message in regard to the king's recovery
2 Kings 8:15
- Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain advantage over them, and destroy them
2 Kings 10:28
- Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer
2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:20
- Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem
Ezra 4
- Sanballat, in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 6
- Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews
Esther 3:8
- Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans
Jeremiah 37:15
- Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the Lord
Jeremiah 42:20
- Herod, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship Jesus
Matthew 2:8
- Jews:
b in falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a winebibber
Matthew 11:19
b in refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist
Matthew 21:27
b Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he remitted sin
Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21
b Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he announced that he was the Son of God
Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:64; John 10:38
- Peter, in denying Jesus
Matthew 26:75; Mark 14:71; Luke 22:62; John 18:27
- The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus
Matthew 28:13; Matthew 28:15
- The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not
Matthew 21:30
- Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum
Acts 5:10
- Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God
Acts 6:14
- Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar
Acts 16:21; Acts 17:7; Acts 24:5; Acts 25:8
- The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies
Titus 1:12
Accusation, False; Conspiracy; False Witness; Hypocrisy; Perjury; Teachers, False