Quotes about Deception
A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
— Proverbs 21:28
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
— Proverbs 22:14
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
— Proverbs 23:3
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
— Proverbs 23:7
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
— Proverbs 23:27
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
— Proverbs 23:28
In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
— Proverbs 23:32
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
— Proverbs 24:8
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
— Proverbs 24:9
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
— Proverbs 24:24
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
— Proverbs 25:14
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
— Proverbs 25:18