Quotes about Trickery

The devil is God's ape!

He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.

Lucifer is a master at gradual deception.

acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

But one jailer had heard that Houdini was coming, and the jailer was ready. When Houdini closed the cell door, the jailer put the key in the lock and secretly turned it in the wrong direction. He then removed the key, and everyone watched as Houdini struggled to escape—by unknowingly locking himself in repeatedly. Finally, in frustration, Houdini admitted he could not escape. The jailer then revealed his deception. Houdini had believed a lie, and the lie had held him captive.