Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'deceit' occurs 36 times in the standard works.

3 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'deceit' in the standard works and contain 8.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 9:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

 9:6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

 9:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

 9:8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 31 60
NT 5 6 11
BM 2 1 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 36 38 74

Gen. 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Ex. 8:29
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

Ex. 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

Lev. 6:4
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

Job 6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Job 13:7
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Job 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Job 27:4
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Ps. 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Ps. 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Ps. 24:4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Ps. 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Ps. 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Ps. 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Ps. 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Ps. 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Ps. 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Ps. 52:4
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Ps. 55:11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Ps. 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Ps. 72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

Ps. 78:57
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Ps. 101:7
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Ps. 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Ps. 119:118
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Ps. 120:2
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Prov. 11:18
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Prov. 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Prov. 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Prov. 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

Prov. 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Prov. 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Prov. 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Prov. 23:3
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Prov. 26:24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

Prov. 26:26
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

Prov. 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Prov. 29:13
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

Prov. 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Isa. 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Isa. 53:9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Jer. 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Jer. 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jer. 9:6
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jer. 14:14
Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Jer. 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jer. 23:26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

Jer. 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Dan. 11:23
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

Hosea 7:16
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 11:12
Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.

Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Micah 6:11
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Micah 6:12
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zeph. 1:9
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Zeph. 3:13
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

Matt. 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:19
And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 7:22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Rom. 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Rom. 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

2 Cor. 4:2
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

2 Cor. 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

Eph. 4:22
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

Col. 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

1 Thes. 2:3
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

Heb. 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Mosiah 14:9
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no evil, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Alma 48:7
Now it came to pass that while Amalickiah had thus been obtaining power by fraud and deceit, Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God.

3 Ne. 16:10
And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.