Deceitful people will not live in my palace. ¹  Liars will not be welcome in my presence. ² 

Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, ¹  their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. ²  That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. ³ 

Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem ¹  continually turn away from me in apostasy? They hold fast to their deception. ²  They refuse to turn back to me. ³ 

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ¹  it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ² 

Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds. ¹ 

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, ¹  who fill the house of their master ²  with wealth taken by violence and deceit. ³ 

For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep ¹  his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, ¹  “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ² 

They intended to bury him with criminals, ¹  but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, ²  because ³  he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

The wisdom of the shrewd person ¹  is to discern ²  his way, but the folly of fools is deception. ³ 

Though his ¹  hatred may be concealed ²  by deceit, his evil will be uncovered ³  in the assembly.

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

who speak lies, and make false promises. ¹ 

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

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

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. ¹  They are always telling lies. ²  Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them. ³ 

You say, “When will the new moon festival ¹  be over, ²  so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, ³  so we can open up the grain bins? ⁴  We’re eager ⁵  to sell less for a higher price, ⁶  and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! ⁷ 

and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, ¹  you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? ² 

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you ¹  through an empty, deceitful philosophy ²  that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits ³  of the world, and not according to Christ.

You destroy ¹  liars; ²  the Lord despises ³  violent and deceitful people. ⁴