Topic
Deception
28 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 3:4Nave INSTANCES OF — By Satan
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
- Genesis 12:13Nave INSTANCES OF — Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Genesis 20:2Nave INSTANCES OF — Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
- Genesis 26:7Nave INSTANCES OF — Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
- Genesis 27:6–23Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau
¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice…
- Genesis 34:13–31Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto…
- Genesis 37:29–35Nave INSTANCES OF — In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts
¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and…
- Genesis 42:1–38Nave INSTANCES OF — Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. ¶…
- Genesis 43:1–34Nave INSTANCES OF — Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto…
- Genesis 44:1–34Nave INSTANCES OF — Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth. And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did…
- Joshua 9:3–15Nave INSTANCES OF — The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat
¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; And old…
- Judges 3:15–30Nave INSTANCES OF — Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. But Ehud made him a dagger which…
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- Judges 16:4–20 Nave INSTANCES OF — Delilah deceives Samson
- 1 Samuel 21:10–15 Nave INSTANCES OF — David feigns madness
- 2 Samuel 13:6–14 Nave INSTANCES OF — Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness
- 2 Samuel 13:24–28 Nave When he avenged his sister
- 2 Samuel 15:7 Nave When he began his conspiracy
- 2 Samuel 16:15–19 Nave INSTANCES OF — Hushai deceives Absalom
- 1 Kings 13:18 Nave When he began his conspiracy — The old prophet
- 2 Kings 5:20 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Gehazi
- Nehemiah 6:1–19 Nave INSTANCES OF — Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah
- Job 6:15 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Job's friends
- Psalms 52:2 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Doeg
- Matthew 2:8 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Herod
- Matthew 22:16 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Pharisees
- Mark 14:1 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Chief priests
- Luke 10:25 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Lawyer
- Acts 5:1 Nave When he began his conspiracy — Ananias and Sapphira
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 28 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → INSTANCES OF
- By Satan Ge 3:4
- Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister Ge 12:13; 20:2
- Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister Ge 26:7
- Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau Ge 27:6-23
- Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites Ge 34:13-31
- In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts Ge 37:29-35
- Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers Ge 42; 43; 44
- The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat Jos 9:3-15
- Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him Jud 3:15-30
- Delilah deceives Samson Jud 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 Ne 6
- By Absalom
- When he avenged his sister 2Sa 13:24-28
- When he began his conspiracy 2Sa 15:7
- → SELF
- See CONFIDENCE, FALSE
- See FLATTERY
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.