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Falsehood

General scriptures concerning—Ex 20:16; 23:1; Le 6:2-7; 19:11,12,16; Job 13:4; 21:34; 27:4; 31:5,6,33; 36:4; Ps 5:6,9; 10:7; 12:2,3; 28:3; 31:18; 34:13; 36:3; 50:19,20; 52:2-5; 55:21,23; 58:3; 59:12; 62:4; 63:11; 101:5,7; 109:2; 116:11; 119:29,69,163; 120:2-4; 144:8,11; Pr 2:12-15; 3:3; 6:12,13,17-19; 10:9,10,18,31; 11:9; 12:17,19,20,22; 13:5; 14:5,8,25; 17:4,7; 19:5,9,22,28; 20:17; 21:6; 26:18,19,24-26,28; 27:14; Ec 5:6; Isa 28:15; 32:7; 57:11; 59:3,4,12,13; 63:8; Jer 7:8,28; 9:3,5,6,8; 12:6; 50:36; Eze 22:9; Ho 4:1,2; Ob 1:7; Mic 6:12; Na 3:1; Zep 3:13; Mt 25:44-46; Joh 8:44,45; Eph 4:25,29; Col 3:9; 1Ti 1:9,10; 4:2; 1Pe 3:10,16; Re 21:8,27; 22:15

See FALSE ACCUSATION,

See CONSPIRACY

See DECEIT

See DECEPTION

See WITNESS

See FLATTERY

See HYPOCRISY

See PERJURY

See FALSE TEACHERS,

INSTANCES OF

• Satan
• • In deceiving Eve
  —Ge 3:4,5
  • In impugning Job's motives for being righteous
  —Job 1:9,10; 2:4,5
  • In his false pretensions to Jesus
  —Mt 4:8,9; Lu 4:6,7
• Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility
• —Ge 3:12,13
• Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother
• —Ge 4:9
• Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife
• —Ge 12:11-19; 20:2
• Sarah
• • To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief
  —Ge 18:15
  • In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's
  wife—Ge 20:5,16
• Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife
• —Ge 26:7-10
• Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau
• —Ge 27:6-24,46
• Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by
• first having them circumcised—Ge 34
• Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief
• that Joseph was killed by wild beasts—Ge 37:29-35
• Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph
• —Ge 39:14-17
• Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
• —Ge 42; 43; 44
• Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites
• —Ex 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
• Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making
• of the golden calf—Ex 32:1-24
• Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house
• —Jos 2:4-6
• The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they
• perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinity—Jos 9
• Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king
• of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him—Jud 3:16-23
• Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers
• —Jud 4:20
• Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment
• to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed—1Sa 15:1-26
• In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against
• himself—1Sa 22:11-16
• David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from
• the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor—1Sa 21
• David in feigning madness
• —1Sa 21:13-15
• David's other deceits with the Philistines
• —1Sa 27:8-12
• The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the
• mouth of Hushai—2Sa 15:34-37
• Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order
• to save him from Saul's violence—1Sa 19:12-17
• The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul
• —2Sa 1:10-12
• Hushai
• • In false professions to Absalom
  —2Sa 16:16-19
  • In his deceitful counsel to Absalom
  —2Sa 17:7-14
• The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's
• messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army—2Sa 17:15-22
• The murder, under false pretense
• • Of Adonijah
  —1Ki 2:23
  • Of Shimei
  —1Ki 2:42,43
  • Of Jeroboam's wife
  —1Ki 14:2
• The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of
• Judah—1Ki 13:11-22
• Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman
• —1Ki 14:5-7
• The conspirators against Naboth
• —1Ki 21:7-13
• Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that
• Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes—2Ki 5:20-24
• Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in
• misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery—2Ki 8:7-15
• Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the
• advantage over them and destroy them—2Ki 10:18-28
• Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to
• Nebuchadnezzer—2Ch 36:13; Eze 16:59; 17:15-20
• Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the
• temple at Jerusalem—Ezr 4
• Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem
• —Ne 6
• Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews
• —Es 3:8
• Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the
• Chaldeans—Jer 37:13-15
• Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision
• from the Lord—Jer 42:20
• Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to
• worship Jesus—Mt 2:8
• Jewish leaders
• • In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a
  winebibber (a wino)—Mt 11:19
  • In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the
  Baptist—Mt 21:24-27
  • Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin
  —Mt 9:2-6; Mr 2:7; Lu 5:21
  • And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God
  —Mt 26:65; Mr 14:64; Joh 10:33-38
• Peter, in denying Jesus
• —Mt 26:69-75; Mr 14:68-71; Lu 22:56-62; Joh 18:25-27
• The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of
• Jesus—Mt 28:13,15
• The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard,
• but did not—Mt 21:30
• Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their
• land for a given sum—Ac 5:1-10
• Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming
• Moses and God—Ac 6:11-14
• Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar
• —Ac 16:20,21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7,8
• The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies
• —Tit 1:12
• See FALSE
• ACCUSATION,
• See
• CONSPIRACY
• See WITNESS
• See
• HYPOCRISY
• See
• PERJURY
• See FALSE
• TEACHERS,