Obadiah (KJV)

3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Scriptures on Deceit

Proverbs 11 (KJV)

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.



1 John 3 (KJV)

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.


Have just realized that the relationship that I have been in for a little over a year has all been based on deceit.  It's heartbreaking to say the least.  Feel as though I am going to have a nervous breakdown. Also, feel suicidal.

Any how, I decided to read scriptures on deceit.  Satan after all was the 'Master of Deception'.  No wonder God hates this sin so much (he does not like any sin, btw).  What am I feeling right now? Worthless, Suicidal, Foolish, Alone, Abandoned, Neglected and Used.

All the 'I Love You', 'I Will Never Leave You', 'I Will Always Be In Love With You', 'You Mean Everything To Me', and his adding his last name to mine when referring to me, was ALL A LIE.  He loved only by words....not by his actions.

How does one live two lives?  In order for that to happen they would have to be a 'Master of Deception'.

One thing I did notice is people who are deceitful never let you in on their weaknesses, shortcomings, sins.  They are very quick to advise, but not take advice.   They are very good at pointing out other people's flaws, but won't take responsibility or acknowledge their own.

They kind of remind me of the Pharisees in the New Testament.  Pharisee / Hypocrites

They are pew warmers (Act like Christians on Sunday and Wednesday services).  They will make sure that they show up to church even if they are on their death beds. Not for God (btw, he would rather you stay home and heal instead of fumigating the whole congregation with your contagious germs and sickness), but for man,  They do things to be seen by man to get man's approval.   Again see this on that type of behavior. God or Tradition

ps - I started a draft of this blog about a month ago.  Am doing well spiritually now.  God sometimes put people like that in our lives, so that we can help them to become men and women of integrity, honesty and truthfulness.  Had that man not came into my life when he did, I would not be writing about this blog and I would not have rededicated my life back to God.  Some things we have to learn by experience and pain.  Am looking forward to God blessing me with a man of him,  A man that practices righteousness.  The qualities I pray for him to have is for him to be a man of integrity, selflessness, self-control and that he will love me according to my heart and soul and spirit.  Love any other way than 1 Corinthians 13 (KJV)  or Agape, Charity, Love is of this world.  When more comes to my mind about people who are deceitful, I will add more to this blog.  Hope this helps you or someone you love.  ~ Karmen

 Mark 7 (KJV)

6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

DECEIT COMES FROM THE HEART!!!

 Mark 7 (KJV)

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 Thefts, covetousness (Excessively and culpably desirous of the possessions of another. Jealous. Marked by extreme desire to acquire or possess), wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness (lewd), an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile (spoil, degrade, rape) the man.






Leviticus 6 (KJV)

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.




Sound Familiar?

Jeremiah 9 (KJV) 

3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant (worthy, courageous) for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant (override), and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Leviticus 19 (KJV) 

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Psalm 73 (KJV)

1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands (like rubber bands) in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth (stretches over) them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily (highly).
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened (humbled) every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation (grief), as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked (the sensation of being pierced) in my reins
(a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse while riding or driving.).
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion (help) for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

Proverbs 29 (KJV)

1 He, that being often reproved (rebuked, corrected) hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

11 A fool uttereth (broadcasts) all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth (abandons) it not.

25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord.

27 An unjust man is an abomination (curse) to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination (torture) to the wicked.

Proverbs 8 (KJV)

1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination (disgrace) to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward (difficult) or perverse (awkward)  in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward ((of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary.) mouth, do I hate.

14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 14 (KJV)

1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse (unreasonable) in his ways despiseth him.

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

6 A scorner (unworthy person, despicable) seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth (amusement) is heaviness.

14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent (well-advised) man looketh well to his going.

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent (the well advised) are crowned with knowledge.

19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth (idle) only to penury (extreme poverty; destitution).

24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

25 A true witness (Christian) delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

30 A sound (healthy, rational, reasonable) heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth (disappoints) his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach (disappointment) to any people.

35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.