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Deception
29 lines · 28 passages
- Instances of
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By Satan
Gen 3:4
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Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister
Gen 12:13; 20:2
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Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister
Gen 26:7
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Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob’s impersonating Esau
Gen 27:6–23
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Jacob’s sons, in entrapping the Shechemites
Gen 34:13–31
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In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts
Gen 37:29–35
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Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
Gen 42; 43; 44
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The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
Josh 9:3–15
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Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him
Judg 3:15–30
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Delilah deceives Samson
Judg 16:4–20
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David feigns madness
1 Sam 21:10–15
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Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness
2 Sam 13:6–14
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Hushai deceives Absalom
2 Sam 16:15–19
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Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah
Neh 6
- By Absalom
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When he avenged his sister
2 Sam 13:24–28
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When he began his conspiracy
2 Sam 15:7
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The old prophet
1 Kgs 13:18
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Gehazi
2 Kgs 5:20
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Job’s friends
Job 6:15
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Doeg
Ps 52:2
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Herod
Matt 2:8
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Pharisees
Matt 22:16
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Chief priests
Mark 14:1
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Lawyer
Luke 10:25
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Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 5:1
- See Deceit
- See Hypocrisy
- See Falsehood
- See False Witness
- Self
- See Confidence, false
- See Flattery
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.