Deceit

Is falsehood — Ps 119:118.

The tongue, the instrument of — Ro 3:13.

Comes from the heart — Mr 7:22.

Characteristic of the heart — Jer 17:9.

God abhors — Ps 5:6.

Forbidden — Pr 24:28; 1Pe 3:10.

Christ was perfectly free from — Isa 53:9; 1Pe 2:22.

Saints

Free from. — Ps 24:4; Zep 3:13; Re 14:5.

Purposed against. — Job 27:4.

Avoid. — Job 31:5.

Shun those addicted to. — Ps 101:7.

Pray for deliverance from those who use. — Ps 43:1; 120:2.

Delivered from those who use. — Ps 72:14.

Should beware of those who teach. — Eph 5:6; Col 2:8.

Should lay aside, in seeking truth. — 1Pe 2:1.

Ministers should lay aside — 2Co 4:2; 1Th 2:3.

The wicked

Are full of. — Ro 1:29.

Devise. — Ps 35:20; 38:12; Pr 12:5.

Utter. — Ps 10:7; 36:3.

Work. — Pr 11:18.

Increase in. — 2Ti 3:13.

Use, to each other. — Jer 9:5.

Use, to themselves. — Jer 37:9; Ob 3:7.

Delight in. — Pr 20:17.

False teachers

Are workers of. — 2Co 11:13.

Preach. — Jer 14:14; 23:26.

Impose on others by. — Ro 16:18; Eph 4:14.

Sport themselves with. — 2Pe 2:13.

Hypocrites devise — Job 15:35.

Hypocrites practise — Ho 11:12.

False witnesses use — Pr 12:17; 14:5.

A characteristic of Antichrist — 2Jo 1:7.

A characteristic of the Apostasy — 2Th 2:10.

Evil of

Keeps from knowledge of God. — Jer 9:6.

Keeps from turning to God. — Jer 8:5.

Leads to pride and oppression. — Jer 5:27,28.

Leads to lying. — Pr 14:25.

Often accompanied by fraud and injustice — Ps 10:7; 43:1.

Hatred often concealed by — Pr 26:24-28.

The folly of fools is — Pr 14:8.

The kisses of an enemy are — Pr 27:6.

Blessedness of being free from — Ps 24:4,5; 32:2.

Punishment of — Ps 55:23; Jer 9:7-9.

Exemplified

The devil. — Ge 3:1,4,5; Joh 8:44.

Rebecca and Jacob. — Ge 27:9,19.

Laban. — Ge 31:7.

Joseph’s brothers. — Ge 37:31,32.

Pharaoh. — Ex 8:29.

David. — 1Sa 21:13.

Job’s friends. — Job 6:15.

Doeg. — Ps 52:1,2.

Herod. — Mt 2:8.

Pharisees. — Mt 22:16.

Chief Priests. — Mr 14:1.