Bible Verses About Consequences of Deceit

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

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

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

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

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

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

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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;

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

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

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.

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

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

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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

He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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

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

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

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

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.