Quotes about Dishonesty
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
— Jeremiah 6:13
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
— Proverbs 6:19
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
— Psalm 55:11
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
— Romans 3:13
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.
— Martin Luther
But the "best" lies are those that look the most like the Truth. The "newest" lies are the oldest ones.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
The Jews were the money-lenders of the Middle Ages so there's a stereotype of the slightly or more than slightly dishonest business man and this stereotype covers and obscures all the facts.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
A half-truth masquerading as the whole truth becomes a complete untruth.
— JI Packer
Truth is always strong, no matter how weak it looks, and falsehood is always weak, no matter how strong it looks.
— Phillips Brooks
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
— Psalm 78:36
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
— Proverbs 20:17
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
— Genesis 26:7