Bible Verses about “being deceitful”
Found 21 verses (ordered by relevance) about “being deceitful” in the WEB version of the Bible
“Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;”
“One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.”
“(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)”
“one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;”
“not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;”
“This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.”
“not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.”
“Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.”
“Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”
“Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.”
“Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
“You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.”
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?”
“holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”
“For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
“but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”
“Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.”
“These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;”
“Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.”