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Quotes about Deception

many believers naively assume that real Christianity is alive and well and respected by the majority of our people. Brace yourself. It's an illusion.
— Mark Driscoll
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
— Jeremiah 27:10
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
— Genesis 12:19
Man can certainly keep on lying (and does so), but he cannot make truth falsehood.
— Karl Barth
Even Christians taking in the teaching of the Bible can be deceived about our own sins. We somehow feel that consent to the teaching of scripture is equivalent to obedience.
— Jerry Bridges
If there be no God, then what is truth but the average of all lies.
— Robert Brault
Satan mounts his mutiny against God through a deceitful stronghold: God is untrustworthy. In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, he places God's heart on trial by whispering insidious lies: "God is holding back on you. He wants you to jump through hoops in order to earn His love. He's stingy. He doesn't have your best interest in mind. You're better off trusting in yourself. Your resources and functional saviors work better then waiting and trusting in Him.
— James MacDonald
Our King [Jesus] is accused of treachery; it is said of him [by the Muslims] that he is not God, but that he falsely pretended to be something he was not.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
— Genesis 38:16
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
— Genesis 27:17
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
— Jeremiah 28:15