Deception

INSTANCES OF

By Satan
—Ge 3:4
Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister
—Ge 12:13; 20:2
Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister
—Ge 26:7
Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and
Jacob's impersonating Esau—Ge 27:6-23
Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites
—Ge 34:13-31
In representing to their father that Joseph had been
destroyed by wild beasts—Ge 37:29-35
Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
—Ge 42; 43; 44
The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
—Jos 9:3-15
Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him
—Jud 3:15-30
Delilah deceives Samson
—Jud 16:4-20
David feigns madness
—1Sa 21:10-15
Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness
—2Sa 13:6-14
Hushai deceives Absalom
—2Sa 16:15-19
Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah
—Ne 6
By Absalom
- When he avenged his sister
—2Sa 13:24-28
- When he began his conspiracy
—2Sa 15:7
The old prophet
—1Ki 13:18
Gehazi
—2Ki 5:20
Job's friends
—Job 6:15
Doeg
—Ps 52:2
Herod
—Mt 2:8
Pharisees
—Mt 22:16
Chief priests
—Mr 14:1
Lawyer
—Lu 10:25
Ananias and Sapphira
—Ac 5:1
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DECEIT
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HYPOCRISY
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FALSEHOOD
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