General scriptures
Exodus 20:16; 23:1; Leviticus 6:2-7; 19:11,12,16; Job 13:4; 21:34; 27:4; 31:5,6,33; 36:4; Psalms 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; Proverbs 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; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Isaiah 28:15; 32:7; 57:11; 59:3,4,12,13; 63:8; Jeremiah 7:8,28; 9:3,5,6,8; 12:6; 50:36; Ezekiel 22:9; Hosea 4:1,2; Obadiah 1:7; Micah 6:12; Nahum 3:1; Zephaniah 3:13; Matthew 25:44-46; John 8:44,45; Ephesians 4:25,29; Colossians 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:9,10; 4:2; 1 Peter 3:10,16; Revelation 21:8,27; 22:15
Instances
Satan
In deceiving Eve
Genesis 3:4,5
In impugning Job’s motives for being righteous
Job 1:9,10; 2:4,5
In his false pretensions to Jesus
Matthew 4:8,9; Luke 4:6,7
Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility
Genesis 3:12,13
Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother
Genesis 4:9
Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife
Genesis 12:11-19; 20:2
Sarah
To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief
Genesis 18:15
In denying to the king of Gerar that she was Abraham’s wife
Genesis 20:5,16
Isaac denied that Rebekah was his wife
Genesis 26:7-10
Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau
Genesis 27:6-24,46
Jacob’s sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised
Genesis 34
Joseph’s brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts
Genesis 37:29-35
Potiphar’s wife, in falsely accusing Joseph
Genesis 39:14-17
Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
Genesis 42; 43; 44
Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites
Exodus 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf
Exodus 32:1-24
Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house
Joshua 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
Joshua 9
Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king Of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him
Judges 3:16-23
Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers
Judges 4:20
Saul, in professing Samuel to have obeyed the commandment To destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had Not obeyed
1 Samuel 15:1-26
In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against Himself
1 Samuel 22:11-16
David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from The king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armour
1 Samuel 21
David in feigning madness
1 Samuel 21:13-15
David’s other deceits with the Philistines
1 Samuel 27:8-12
The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the Mouth of Hushai
2 Samuel 15:34-37
Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul’s violence
1 Samuel 19:12-17
The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul
2 Samuel 1:10-12
Hushai
In false professions to Absalom
2 Samuel 16:16-19
In his deceitful counsel to Absalom
2 Samuel 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
2 Samuel 17:15-22
The murder, under false pretence
Of Adonijah
1 Kings 2:23
Of Shimei
1 Kings 2:42,43
Of Jeroboam’s wife
1 Kings 14:2
The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah
1 Kings 13:11-22
Jeroboam’s wife, feigning herself to be another woman
1 Kings 14:5-7
The conspirators against Naboth
1 Kings 21:7-13
Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes
2 Kings 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
2 Kings 8:7-15
Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them
2 Kings 10:18-28
Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer
2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 16:59; 17:15-20
Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the Temple at Jerusalem
Ezra 4
Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 6
Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews
Esther 3:8
Jeremiah’s adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans
Jeremiah 37:13-15
Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision From the Lord
Jeremiah 42:20
Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship Jesus
Matthew 2:8
Jewish leaders
In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a Winebibber (a wino)
Matthew 11:19
In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist
Matthew 21:24-27
Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin
Matthew 9:2-6; Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21
And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God
Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:64; John 10:33-38
Peter, in denying Jesus
Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:68-71; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:25-27
The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus
Matthew 28:13,15
The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not
Matthew 21:30
Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum
Acts 5:1-10
Stephen’s accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God
Acts 6:11-14
Paul’s traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar
Acts 16:20,21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7,8
The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies
Titus 1:12
