DECEIT. Is a lie, Psa. 119:118. The tongue an instrument of, Rom. 3:13. Comes from the heart, Mark 7:22. Characteristic of the heart, Jer. 17:9. God abhors, Psa. 5:6. Forbidden, Prov. 24:28; 1 Pet. 3:10. Christ was perfectly free from, Isa. 53:9, with 1 Pet. 2:22. Saints free from, Psa. 24:4; Zeph. 3:13; Rev. 14:5; purpose against, Job 27:4; avoid, Job 31:5; shun those addicted to, Psa. 101:7; pray for deliverance from those who use, Psa. 43:1; 120:2; delivered from those who use, Psa. 72:14; should beware of those who teach, Eph. 5:6; Col. 2:8; should lay aside, in seeking truth, 1 Pet. 2:1. Ministers should lay aside, 2 Cor. 4:2; 1 Thess. 2:3. The wicked are full of, Rom. 1:29; devise, Psa. 35:20; 38:12; Prov. 12:5; utter, Psa. 10:7; 36:3; work, Prov. 11:18; increase in, 2 Tim. 3:13; use, to each other, Jer. 9:5; use, to themselves, Jer. 37:9; Obad. 3, 7; delight in, Prov. 20:17. False teachers are workers of, 2 Cor. 11:13; preach, Jer. 14:14; 23:26; impose on others by, Rom. 16:18; Eph. 4:14; revelling in deceit, 2 Pet. 2:13. Hypocrites devise, Job 15:35. Hypocrites practice, Hos. 11:12. False witnesses use, Prov. 12:17. A characteristic of antichrist, 2 John 7. Characteristic of the apostasy, 2 Thess. 2:10. Evil of: hinders knowledge of God, Jer. 9:6. Keeps from turning to God, Jer. 8:5. Leads to pride and oppression, Jer. 5:27, 28; to lying, Prov. 14:25. Often accompanied by fraud and injustice, Psa. 10:7; 43:1. Hatred often concealed by, Prov. 26:24–26. The folly of fools is, Prov. 14:8. The kisses of an enemy are, Prov. 27:6. Blessedness of being free from, Psa. 24:4, 5; 32:2. Punishment of, Psa. 55:23; Jer. 9:7–9.—Bible Text Book. See Confidence, False; Deception; Lies and Deceits; Flattery; Hypocrisy; Lies and Deceits.