Deception: Instances Of

By Satan,

Gen 3:4.

Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister,

Gen 12:13; 20:2.

Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister,

Gen 26:7.

Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau,

Gen 27:6-23.

Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites,

Gen 34:13-31;

in representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts,

Gen 37:29-35.

Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers,

Gen 42; 43; 44.

The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat,

Jos 9:3-15.

Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him,

Jdg 3:15-30.

Delilah deceives Samson,

Jdg 16:4-20.

David feigns madness,

1Sa 21:10-15.

Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness,

2Sa 13:6-14.

Hushai deceives Absalom,

2Sa 16:15-19.

Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah,

Neh 6.

By Absalom, when he avenged his sister,

2Sa 13:24-28;

when he began his conspiracy,

2Sa 15:7.

The old prophet,

1Ki 13:18.

Gehazi,

2Ki 5:20.

Job's friends,

Job 6:15.

Doeg,

Psa 52:2.

Herod,

Mat 2:8.

Pharisees,

Mat 22:16.

Chief priests,

Mar 14:1.

Lawyer,

Luk 10:25.

Ananias and Sapphira,

Act 5:1.

See DECEIT; HYPOCRISY; FALSEHOOD; FALSE WITNESS.

Deception: Self

See CONFIDENCE, FALSE; FLATTERY