Falsehood

-General scriptures concerning Exodus 20:16; 23:1; 19:11, Leviticus 6:2-7; 12, 16;Job 13:4; 21:34; 31:5,

27:4; 6, 33; 36:4; Psalm 5:6, 9; 10:7; 12:2, 3; 28:3; 31:18; 34:13; 36:3; 50:19, 20; 52:2-5; 55:21, 23; 58:3;

59:12; 62:4; 63:11; 101:5,7; 109:2; 119:29, 116:11; 69, 163; 120:2-4; 144:8, 11; Proverbs 2:12-15; 6:12,

3:3; 10:9, 10, 13, 17-19; 18,31; 12:17, 19, 11:9; 20, 22; 14:5, 13:5; 8, 25; 19:5,9, 17:4, 7; 22, 28; 20:17;

26:18, 19, 21:6; 24-26, 28; 27:14; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Isaiah 28:15; 32:7; 59:3, 4, 57:11; 12, 13; 63:8; 9:3, 5,

Jeremiah 7:8, 28; 6, 8; 12:6; 50:36; Ezekiel 22:9; Hosea 4:1, 2; Ob 1:7; Micah 6:12; Na 3:1; Zep 3:13;

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Matthew 25:44-46; John 8:44, 45; Ephesians 4:25, 29; Colossians 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:9, 10; 4:2; 1 Peter 3:10,

16; Revelation 21:8, 27; 22: 15

-INSTANCES OF .Satan .In deceiving Eve Genesis 3:4, 5 .In impugning Job\’s motives for being righteous

Job 1 :9, 10; 2:4, 5 .In his false pretensions to Jesus Matthew 4:8, 9; Luke 4:6, 7 Adam and Eve, in

attempting to evade responsibility Genesis 3:12, 13 .Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother Genesis 4:9

Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife Genesis 12: 11-19; 20:2 .Sarah .To the angels, denying her

derisive laugh of unbelief Genesis 18:15 .In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham\’s wife

Genesis 20:5, 16 .Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife Genesis 26:7-10 .Rebekah and Isaac, in the

conspiracy against Esau Genesis 27:6-24, 46 Jacob\’s sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by

first having them circumcised Genesis 34 .Joseph\’s brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that

Joseph was killed by wild beasts Genesis 37:29-35 .Potiphar\’s wife, in falsely accusing Joseph Genesis

39:14-17 .Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers Genesis 42; 43; 44 .Pharaoh, in dealing

deceitfully with the Israelites Exodus 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12 Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the

making of the golden calf Exodus 32: 1-24 .Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house Joshua 2:4-6

.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 Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real

objective was to assassinate him Judges 3:16-23 .Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers Judges

4:20 .Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the

Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed 1 Samuel 15:1-26 .In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with

David against himself 1 Samuel 22: 11-16 .David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the

king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor 1 Samuel 21 .David in feigning madness 1 Samuel

21:13-15 .David\’s other deceits with the Philistines 1 Samuel 27:8-12 .The falsehood of friendship to

Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai 2 Samuel 15:34-37 .Michal, in the false statement that

David was sick, in order to save him from Saul\’s violence 1 Samuel 19:12-17 .The Amalekite who claimed

to have killed Saul 2 Samuel 1 : 10-12 .Hushai .In false professions to Absalom 2 Samuel 16: 16-19 .In his

deceitful counsel to Absalom 2 Samuel 17:7-14 .The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of

Hushai\’s messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom\’s army 2 Samuel 17: 15-22 .The

murder, under false pretense .Of Adonijah 1 Kings 2:23 .Of Shimei 1 Kings 2:42, 43 .Of Jeroboam\’s wife 1

Kings 14:2 .The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah 1 Kings 13:1 1-22 Jeroboam\’s

wife, feigning herself to be another woman 1 Kings 14:5-7 .The conspirators against Naboth 1 Kings 21 :7-

13 .Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two

changes of clothes 2 Kings 5:20-24 .Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the

prophet Elisha\’s message with regard to the king\’s recovery 2 Kings 8:7-15 Jehu lied to the worshipers of

Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them 2 Kings 10: 18-28 .Zedekiah, in violating

his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer 2 Chronicles 36: 13; Ezekiel 16:59; 17: 15-20 .Samaritans, in their

efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem Ezra 4 .Sanballat in trying to obstruct the

rebuilding of Jerusalem Nehemiah 6 .Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews Esther 3:8 .Jeremiah\’s

adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans Jeremiah 37:13-15 .Princes of Israel, when they went

to Jeremiah for a vision from the Lord Jeremiah 42:20 .Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to

desire to worship Jesus Matthew 2:8 .Jewish leaders .In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a

winebibber (a wino) Matthew 11:19 .In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist

Matthew 21 :24-27 .Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin Matthew 9:2-6; Mark 2:7;

Luke 5:21 And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:64; John

10:33-38 .Peter, in denying Jesus Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:68-71; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:25-27 .The

Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus Matthew 28:13, 15 . The disobedient son,

who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not Matthew 21 :30 Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that

they had sold their land for a given sum Acts 5:1-10 .Stephen\’s accusers, who falsely accused him of

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blaspheming Moses and God Acts 6: 11-14 .Paul\’s traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar Acts

16:20, 21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7, 8 .The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies Titus 1:12

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