Topic
Guile
21 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 27:35ISBE
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
- Genesis 34:13ISBE
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
- Exodus 21:14ISBE
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Job 13:7ISBE
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
- Psalms 32:2ISBE
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
- Psalms 34:13ISBE
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
- Psalms 55:11ISBE
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
- Proverbs 26:26ISBE
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
- Isaiah 53:9ISBE
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
- Wisdom of Solomon 1:5ISBE
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
- John 1:47ISBE
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- Acts 13:10ISBE
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
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- Romans 12:1 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 12:16 ISBE
- 1 Thessalonians 2:3 ISBE
- Hebrews 7:26 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:1 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:2 ISBE
- 1 Peter 2:22 ISBE
- 1 Peter 3:10 ISBE
- Revelation 14:5 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 25 references
gil (mirmah; dolos): "Guile" is twice the translation of mirmah, "fraud," "deceit" (Ps 34:13, "Keep .... thy lips from speaking guile"; PS 55:11, "deceit and guile," the Revised Version (British and American) "oppression (margin "fraud") and guile"); once of `ormah, "craftiness," "guile" (Ex 21:14); once of remiyah, "deception," "fraud" (Ps 32:2, "in whose spirit there is no guile"); in the New Testament of dolos, "bait," hence, generally, "fraud," "guile," "deceit"; Septuagint for mirmah (Isa 53:9, English Versions of the Bible "deceit") and for remiyah (Job 13:7, English Versions of the Bible "deceitfully"; Joh 1:47; 2Co 12:16, "Being crafty, I caught you with guile"; 1Th 2:3; 1Pe 2:1; 2:22; 3:10, quoted from Ps 34:13; Re 14:5, "In their mouth was found no guile," the Revised Version (British and American) after corrected text, "no lie").
Paul's words in 2Co 12:16 have sometimes been quoted in justification of "guile" in religious work, etc.; but he is not describing his actual procedure; but that which the Corinthians might have attributed to him; the lips of the Christian must be kept free from all guile (Ps 34:13; 1Pe 2:1, etc.; The Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 "A holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit" (dolos), the Revised Version (British and American) "A holy spirit"). "Guile" does not appear in Apocrypha; dolos is frequently rendered "deceit."
The Revised Version (British and American) has "guile" for "subtilty" (Ge 27:35; Ac 13:10); "cover itself with guile" for "is covered by deceit" (Pr 26:26); "with guile" for "deceitfully" (Ge 34:13); "spiritual milk which is without guile" for "sincere milk of the word," the English Revised Version, margin "reasonable," the American Revised Version, margin, Greek "belonging to the reason" (compare Ro 12:1; 1Pe 2:2); "guileless" for "harmless" (Heb 7:26).
W. L. Walker
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See CONSPIRACY
- → See DECEIT
- → See FRAUD
- → See HYPOCRISY
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.