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Falsehood

Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source

General scriptures concerning Exodus 20:16 Exodus 23:1 Leviticus 6:2–7 Leviticus 19:11 Leviticus 19:12 Leviticus 19:16 Job 13:4 Job 21:34 Job 27:4 Job 31:5 Job 31:6 Job 31:33 Job 36:4 Psalms 5:6 Psalms 5:9 Psalms 10:7 Psalms 12:2 Psalms 12:3 Psalms 28:3 Psalms 31:18 Psalms 34:13 Psalms 36:3 Psalms 50:19 Psalms 50:20 Psalms 52:2–5 Psalms 55:21 Psalms 55:23 Psalms 58:3 Psalms 59:12 Psalms 62:4 Psalms 63:11 Psalms 101:5 Psalms 101:7 Psalms 109:2 Psalms 116:11 Psalms 119:29 Psalms 119:69 Psalms 119:163 Psalms 120:2–4 Psalms 144:8 Psalms 144:11 Proverbs 2:12–15 Proverbs 3:3 Proverbs 6:12 Proverbs 6:13 Proverbs 6:17–19 Proverbs 10:9 Proverbs 10:10 Proverbs 10:18 Proverbs 10:31 Proverbs 11:9 Proverbs 12:17 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 12:20 Proverbs 12:22 Proverbs 13:5 Proverbs 14:5 Proverbs 14:8 Proverbs 14:25 Proverbs 17:4 Proverbs 17:7 Proverbs 19:5 Proverbs 19:9 Proverbs 19:22 Proverbs 19:28 Proverbs 20:17 Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 26:18 Proverbs 26:19 Proverbs 26:24–26 Proverbs 26:28 Proverbs 27:14 Ecclesiastes 5:6 Isaiah 28:15 Isaiah 32:7 Isaiah 57:11 Isaiah 59:3 Isaiah 59:4 Isaiah 59:12 Isaiah 59:13 Isaiah 63:8 Jeremiah 7:8 Jeremiah 7:28 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 9:5 Jeremiah 9:6 Jeremiah 9:8 Jeremiah 12:6 Jeremiah 50:36 Ezekiel 22:9 Hosea 4:1 Hosea 4:2 Obadiah 1:7 Micah 6:12 Nahum 3:1 Zephaniah 3:13 Matthew 25:44–46 John 8:44 John 8:45 Ephesians 4:25 Ephesians 4:29 Colossians 3:9 1 Timothy 1:9 1 Timothy 1:10 1 Timothy 4:2 1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:16 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 21:27 Revelation 22:15
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INSTANCES OF
Satan
In deceiving Eve Genesis 3:4 Genesis 3:5
In impugning Job's motives for being righteous Job 1:9 Job 1:10 Job 2:4 Job 2:5
In his false pretensions to Jesus Matthew 4:8 Matthew 4:9 Luke 4:6 Luke 4:7
Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility Genesis 3:12 Genesis 3:13
Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother Genesis 4:9
Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife Genesis 12:11–19 Genesis 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 Genesis 20:16
Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife Genesis 26:7–10
Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau Genesis 27:6–24 Genesis 27:46
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 Genesis 43 Genesis 44
Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites Exodus 7 Exodus 8 Exodus 9 Exodus 10 Exodus 11 Exodus 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 to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the , 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 armor 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 pretense
Of Adonijah 1 Kings 2:23
Of Shimei 1 Kings 2:42 1 Kings 2:43
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 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 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 Ezekiel 17:15–20
, 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 Matthew 28:15
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 Acts 16:21 Acts 17:5–7 Acts 24:5 Acts 25:7 Acts 25:8
The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies Titus 1:12
See Accusation, false
See Conspiracy
See FALSE WITNESS
See Hypocrisy
See Perjury
See False teachers