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Joshua 9

The Gibeonite Deception

Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)— they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel. However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, ...

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  1. The Gibeonite Deception

    Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)—
  2. Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
  3. The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.
  4. Their malice may be concealed by deception, but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
  5. Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
  6. You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.
  7. But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors,
  8. So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
  9. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
  10. Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

    For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.
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12 topical index results for “deception”

DIPLOMACY » INSTANCES OF » The Gibeonites, in securing a treaty with the Israelites through deception (Joshua 9:3-16)
FALSEHOOD » INSTANCES OF » Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers (Genesis 42;;)
FALSEHOOD » INSTANCES OF » 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)