Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'deceived' occurs 49 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'deceived' in the standard works and contain 16.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 20:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 14:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 2:14 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 46:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 21 0 21
Gen. 1 0 1
Lev. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 2 0 2
2 Sam. 1 0 1
Job 3 0 3
Prov. 1 0 1
Isa. 2 0 2
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
NT 13 0 13
BM 6 0 6
DC 8 0 8
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 49 0 49

Gen. 31:7
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Lev. 6:2
If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

Deut. 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

1 Sam. 19:17
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

1 Sam. 28:12
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

2 Sam. 19:26
And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Job 31:9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Prov. 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Isa. 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

Isa. 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Jer. 4:10
Then said I, Ah, Lord God! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

Jer. 20:7
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

Jer. 49:16
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

Lam. 1:19
I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.

Ezek. 14:9
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

Obad. 1:3
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Obad. 1:7
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.