REFERENCE DECEPTION
Genesis 3:1-3, I Timothy 2:14 [3:1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? [3:2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: [3:3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. [I Timothy 2:14] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. (Eve was deceived by Satan.)
Genesis 20:1-3 [20:1] And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. [20:2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. [20:3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. (Abraham deceived Abimelech)
Genesis 26:6-10 [26:6] And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: [26:7] 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. [26:8] And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. [26:9] And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. [26:10] And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. (Isaac deceived Abimelech)
Genesis 27:19-20 [27:19] And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. [27:20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. [27:21] And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. [27:22] And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. [27:23] And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. [27:24] And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. (Jacob deceived his father Isaac)
Genesis 31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. (Laban had deceived Jacob)
Exodus 1:17-19 [1:17] But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. [1:18] And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? [1:19] And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them .
Joshua 8:4-7 [8:4] And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: [8:5] And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, [8:6] (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. [8:7] Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. (This was the second attack on the city of Ai.)
Judges 20: [20:29] And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. [20:30] And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. [20:31] And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. [20:32] And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. [20:33] And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. [20:34] And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
See above [20:35] And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. (This is the third time for Israel to go against the children of Benjamin at Gibeah.)
Deuteronomy 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived , and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
I Samuel 16:1-3 [16:1] And the LORD said unto Samuel , How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. [16:2] And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said , Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. [16:3] And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
I Samuel 19:15-17 [19:15] And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. [19:16] And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. [19:17] And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
I Samuel 28:8-12 [28:8] And Saul disguised himself , and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. [28:9] And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? [28:10] And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. [28:11] Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. [28:12] And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
II Samuel 14:1-3 [14:1] Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. [14:2] And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: [14:3] And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
II Samuel 16:3-4, 19:25-26, 21:7 [16:3] And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. (where is Mephibosheth?) [16:4] Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. [19:25] And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? [19:26] And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. (Actually, Mephibosheth was trying to deceive David.) [21:7] But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Proverbs 24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips .
Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (The False Prophet had also deceived people.)
Revelation 20:3, 8, 10 [20:3] And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. [20:8] And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. [20:10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Satan)