Bible Verses About Temptation and Deception

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

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.

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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

But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

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

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

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

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

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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.

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

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.

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.