Isaiah 44:20
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20 (A)He feeds on (B)ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not (C)a lie in my right hand?”
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Psalm 102:9
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9 For I eat ashes like bread
and (A)mingle tears with my drink,
Job 15:31
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31 Let him not (A)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
2 Timothy 2:13
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Romans 1:28
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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.
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Romans 1:25
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25 because they exchanged the truth about God for (A)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (B)who is blessed forever! Amen.
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Hosea 12:1
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12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues (A)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (B)falsehood and violence;
(C)they make a covenant with Assyria,
and (D)oil is carried to Egypt.
Hosea 4:12
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12 My people (A)inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For (B)a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
Revelation 20:3
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3 and threw him into (A)the pit, and shut it and (B)sealed it over him, so that (C)he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
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Revelation 18:23
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23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and (A)the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for (B)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived (C)by your sorcery.
Revelation 13:14
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14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[a] the beast (A)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (B)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
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- Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of
Revelation 12:9
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9 And (A)the great dragon was thrown down, (B)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, (C)the deceiver of the whole world—(D)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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2 Timothy 3:13
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13 while (A)evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and (B)being deceived.
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1 Timothy 4:2
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2 through the insincerity of (A)liars whose consciences are seared,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (C)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (D)what is false,
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Romans 1:20-22
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20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, (A)have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they (B)became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (C)Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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- Romans 1:20 Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world
Luke 15:16
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16 And he (A)was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
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Habakkuk 2:18
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18 (A)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (C)speechless idols!
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(D)worthless things in which there is no profit.
Isaiah 59:13
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13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
(A)speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Isaiah 59:3-4
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3 (A)For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 (B)No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
(C)they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Isaiah 28:15-17
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the (A)overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made (B)lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(C)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (D)in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
17 And I will make justice (E)the line,
and righteousness (F)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
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- Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying
Proverbs 15:14
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14 (A)The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Job 15:2
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2 “Should (A)a wise man answer with (B)windy knowledge,
and fill his (C)belly with (D)the east wind?
1 Kings 22:20-23
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20 and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be (A)a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”
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