Quotes about Deception
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:6
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- Jeremiah 9:8
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Jeremiah 11:19
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Jeremiah 12:2
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- Jeremiah 12:6
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 20:7
“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
- Jeremiah 23:13
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:16
I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
- Jeremiah 23:21
“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
- Jeremiah 23:25
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
- Jeremiah 23:26
They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
- Jeremiah 23:27