100 Bible Verses about Deceivers

Here are 100 Bible verses about deceivers, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

2 John 1:7 KJV

⁷ For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

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Matthew 7:15 KJV

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

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John 8:44 KJV

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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1 Timothy 4:1 KJV

¹ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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2 Timothy 3:5 KJV

⁵ Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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Revelation 21:8 KJV

⁸ But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

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Revelation 12:9 KJV

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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1 John 4:1 KJV

¹ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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Matthew 24:1-51 KJV

¹ And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. ² And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. ³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall …

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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1 John 1:9 KJV

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Matthew 24:4 KJV

⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

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John 14:6 KJV

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Matthew 23:27 KJV

²⁷ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

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Luke 21:8 KJV

⁸ And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

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2 John 1:10-11 KJV

¹⁰ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: ¹¹ For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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Jeremiah 17:9 KJV

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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2 Timothy 3:13 KJV

¹³ But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

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1 Peter 2:1 KJV

¹ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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Matthew 7:13-14 KJV

¹³ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: ¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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1 John 2:18 KJV

¹⁸ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

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1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV

²¹ Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

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1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV

¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Romans 16:18 KJV

¹⁸ For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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Revelation 20:10 KJV

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.

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Psalm 101:7 KJV

⁷ He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

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Titus 1:10 KJV

¹⁰ For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

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Matthew 7:15-16 KJV

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

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1 John 1:8 KJV

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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1 Peter 3:10 KJV

¹⁰ For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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Proverbs 19:9 KJV

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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John 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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1 John 4:3 KJV

³ And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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Psalm 5:6 KJV

⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

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Malachi 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.

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John 1:1 KJV

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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Proverbs 12:5 KJV

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

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2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV

³ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷ For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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2 John 1:1-13 KJV

¹ The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; ² For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. ³ Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced …

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Proverbs 19:5 KJV

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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2 Corinthians 11:14 KJV

¹⁴ And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

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2 Corinthians 11:3 KJV

³ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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Ephesians 4:14 KJV

¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

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1 John 2:19 KJV

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

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Colossians 2:4 KJV

⁴ And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

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Jude 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Acts 17:11 KJV

¹¹ These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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Proverbs 26:28 KJV

²⁸ A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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Revelation 20:3 KJV

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.

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Colossians 1:1-29 KJV

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, ² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, ⁴ Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, …

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Ephesians 4:25 KJV

²⁵ Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Matthew 6:5 KJV

⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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Jeremiah 9:8 KJV

⁸ Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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Galatians 6:3 KJV

³ For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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Romans 6:23 KJV

²³ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Matthew 6:2 KJV

² Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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Proverbs 21:6 KJV

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

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Proverbs 19:22 KJV

²² The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Proverbs 17:4 KJV

⁴ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

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Proverbs 12:22 KJV

²² Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

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Ephesians 2:8 KJV

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶ If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Romans 10:13 KJV

¹³ For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Psalm 119:163 KJV

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

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Proverbs 25:18 KJV

¹⁸ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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Proverbs 24:28 KJV

²⁸ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

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Psalm 58:3 KJV

³ The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

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2 Peter 1:21 KJV

²¹ For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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John 16:13 KJV

¹³ Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

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Psalm 62:4 KJV

⁴ They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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Psalm 55:23 KJV

²³ But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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Ephesians 4:6 KJV

⁶ One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

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1 Corinthians 11:26 KJV

²⁶ For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Mark 16:16 KJV

¹⁶ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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Proverbs 3:5 KJV

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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1 John 4:18 KJV

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

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1 John 2:22 KJV

²² Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

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Revelation 19:16 KJV

¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.

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2 Corinthians 11:13-15 KJV

¹³ For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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Matthew 24:5 KJV

⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

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1 Timothy 2:14 KJV

¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

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1 Corinthians 2:13 KJV

¹³ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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Romans 8:28 KJV

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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2 John 1:6 KJV

⁶ And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

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2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV

³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; ⁴ And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

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2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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1 Timothy 4:1-2 KJV

¹ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; ² Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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Philippians 4:19 KJV

¹⁹ But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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Leviticus 19:11 KJV

¹¹ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

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1 John 4:2 KJV

² Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

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2 Corinthians 4:2 KJV

² But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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Psalm 12:2 KJV

² They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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Psalm 32:2 KJV

² Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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