He frustrates ¹  the plans ²  of the crafty ³  so that ⁴  their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! ⁵ 

Your sin inspires ¹  your mouth; you choose the language ²  of the crafty. ³ 

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.” ¹ 

He catches ¹  the wise in their own craftiness, ²  and the counsel of the cunning ³  is brought to a quick end. ⁴ 

They carefully plot ¹  against your people, and make plans to harm ²  the ones you cherish. ³ 

But Jesus ¹  perceived their deceit ²  and said to them,

But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit!

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

So ¹  we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. ² 

Now ¹  the serpent ²  was more shrewd ³  than any of the wild animals ⁴  that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Is it really true that ⁵  God ⁶  said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?” ⁷ 

Suddenly ¹  a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute ²  and with secret intent. ³ 

A person who has a quick temper ¹  does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes ²  is hated. ³ 

Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely ¹  where he is ²  and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

But I am afraid that ¹  just as the serpent ²  deceived Eve by his treachery, ³  your minds may be led astray ⁴  from a sincere and pure ⁵  devotion to Christ.

But we have rejected ¹  shameful hidden deeds, ²  not behaving ³  with deceptiveness ⁴  or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

But Isaac ¹  replied, “Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away ²  your blessing.”

A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord ¹  condemns a person with wicked schemes. ² 

A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.

The businessmen love to cheat; ¹  they use dishonest scales. ² 

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; ¹  those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.