Falsehood

General scriptures concerning 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 ; Psalm 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
See ACCUSATION, FALSE
See CONSPIRACY
See DECEIT
See DECEPTION
See FALSE WITESS
See FLATTERY
See HYPOCRISY
See PERJURY
See TEACHERS, FALSE
INSTANCES OF
- 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, denying 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 to 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 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 2:42,43
  - 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
- See ACCUSATION, FALSE
- See CONSPIRACY
- See FALSE WITESS
- See HYPOCRISY
- See PERJURY
- See TEACHERS, FALSE

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