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