Deceit defined: the practice of tricking or deceiving, to cause to believe what is not true; mislead, dishonest, cunning, underhandedness, fraudulent, deception, treachery, falseness.
10 Facts about Deceit:
- It is falsehood (Psa 119:118).
- It comes from the heart (Mar 7:22).
- It is characteristic of the heart (Jer 17:9).
- God abhors it (Psa 5:6).
- It is forbidden (Pro 24:28; 1Pe 3:10).
- Christ is free from it (1Pe 2:22).
- We are warned to beware of those who teach and practice it (Eph 5:6; Col 2:8).
- It must be laid aside (2Co 4:2; 1Pe 2:1).
- False teachers are workers of it (2Co 11:13; Jer 14:14; 23:26).
- False witnesses use it (Pro 12:17).
10 Things about the Wicked and Deceit:
- The wicked are full of it (Rom 1:29).
- Devise it (Job 15:35; Psa 35:20; 38:12).
- Utter it (Psa 10:7; 36:3).
- Work at it (Pro 11:18).
- Increase in it (2Ti 3:13).
- Use it on each other (Jer 9:5).
- Use it on themselves (Jer 37:9).
- Delight in it (Pro 20:17).
- Impose it on others (Rom 16:18).
- Sport themselves with it (2Pe 2:13).
10 Evils of Deceit:
- Deceit hinders knowledge of God (Jer 9:6).
- Deceit keeps men from God (Jer 8:5).
- Deceit leads to pride and sin (Jer 5:27-28).
- Deceit leads to lying (Prov 14:25).
- Deceit causes fraud and injustice (Psa 10:7; 43:1).
- Deceit conceals hate (Pro 26:24-26).
- Deceit conceives evil plans (Psa 50:19).
- Deceit encourages sin (Pro 20:17).
- Deceit defiles the soul (Mar 7:22).
- Deceit causes hardening in sin (Heb 3:13).
10 Examples of Deceit:
- Satan (Gen 3:4; 2 Cor 11:3; 1Ti 2:14).
- Abraham (Gen 12:13; 20:2).
- Isaac (Gen 26:7).
- Jacob and Rebekah (Gen 27:6-23).
- Gibeonites (Jos 9:3-15).
- Delilah (Jud 16:4-20).
- Absalom (2Sa 13:24-28; 15:7).
- Gehazi (2Ki 5:20).
- Herod (Mat 2:8).
- Ananias and Sapphira (Act 5:1-13).
