Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes;
(A)A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a (B)lie in my right hand?”
Psalm 102:9
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9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,
Job 15:31
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31 Let him not (A)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
Romans 1:28
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28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (A)which are not fitting;
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Romans 1:25
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25 who exchanged (A)the truth of God (B)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
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Hosea 12:1
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Ephraim’s Sins Rebuked by God
12 “Ephraim (A)feeds on the wind,
And pursues the east wind;
He daily increases lies and [a]desolation.
(B)Also they make a [b]covenant with the Assyrians,
And (C)oil is carried to Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:1 ruin
- Hosea 12:1 Or treaty
Hosea 4:12
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12 My people ask counsel from their (A)wooden idols,
And their [a]staff informs them.
For (B)the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:12 Diviner’s rod
Revelation 20:3
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3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and (A)set a seal on him, (B)so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
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Revelation 18:23
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23 (A)The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, (B)and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For (C)your merchants were the great men of the earth, (D)for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
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Revelation 13:14
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14 (A)And he deceives [a]those who dwell on the earth (B)by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword (C)and lived.
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- Revelation 13:14 M my own people
Revelation 12:9
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9 So (A)the great dragon was cast out, (B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (C)who deceives the whole world; (D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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2 Timothy 3:13
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13 (A)But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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2 Timothy 2:13
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13 If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He (A)cannot deny Himself.
1 Timothy 4:2
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2 (A)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience (B)seared with a hot iron,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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9 The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie,
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Romans 1:20-22
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20 For since the creation of the world (A)His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and [a]Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (B)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (C)Professing to be wise, they became fools,
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- Romans 1:20 divine nature, deity
Luke 15:16
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16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the [a]pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.
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- Luke 15:16 carob pods
Habakkuk 2:18
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18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 O Lord, (A)my strength and my fortress,
(B)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (C)unprofitable things.”
Isaiah 59:13
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13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (A)from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah 59:3-4
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3 For (A)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (B)empty words and speak lies;
(C)They conceive [b]evil and bring forth iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
Isaiah 28:15-17
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
And with Sheol we are in agreement.
When the overflowing scourge passes through,
It will not come to us,
(A)For we have made lies our refuge,
And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”
A Cornerstone in Zion
16 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I lay in Zion (B)a stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will not act hastily.
17 Also I will make justice the measuring line,
And righteousness the plummet;
The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding place.
Proverbs 15:14
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14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Job 15:2
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2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill [a]himself with the east wind?
Footnotes
- Job 15:2 Lit. his belly
1 Kings 22:20-23
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20 And the Lord said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ 22 The Lord said to him, ‘In what way?’ So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, (A)‘You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.’ 23 (B)Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”
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