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Bible Questions Answered:
“...I loaned a friend my car, a
couple days, just to take a trip to a small neighboring town, to see
his sister, so he told me, but after I had gotten my car back and was
going to fill the tank. I noticed that the odometer had gone up some
420 miles. What is this, an out right lie....
Herb/ Reading, England United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Jeremiah 9:5 NLT
They all fool
and defraud each other; no one tells The Truth. With practiced
tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their
sinning.
This is what The Bible calls deception.
The enemy told Eve, “ye shall not surely die, (Genesis 3:4)”
he is a deceiver.
John
8:44 KJV
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.
II John 1:7 KJV
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.
Revelation 12:9 KJV
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.
Deception:
Deuteronomy
25:13-16 KJV
13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a
small.
15
But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land
which The Lord thy God giveth thee.
16
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an
abomination unto The Lord thy God.
Psalm
24:3-5 KJV
3
Who shall ascend into the hill of The Lord? or who shall stand in His
holy place?
4 He
that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his
soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He
shall receive the blessing from The Lord, and righteousness from the
God of his salvation.
Psalm
101:7 ESV
No
one who practices deceit shall dwell in My house; no one who utters
lies shall continue before My eyes.
Proverbs
14:8 KJV
The
wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of
fools is deceit.
Proverbs
24:28 KJV
Be
not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not
with thy lips.
Jeremiah
17:9,10 KJV
9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it?
10 I
The Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah
49:16 KJV
Thy
terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou
that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of
the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I
will bring thee down from thence, saith The Lord.
Matthew
7:15-23 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?
17
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit.
19
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
20
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21
Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is
in heaven.
22
Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name
done many wonderful works?
23
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me,
ye that work iniquity.
Matthew
23:13-15 KJV
13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour
widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye
shall receive the greater damnation.
15
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea
and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him
twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew
24:4-5,24 KJV
4
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.
5
For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.
24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall
shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,
they shall deceive the very elect.
John
8:31,32 KJV
31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue
in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed;
32
And ye shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.
I
Corinthians 6:9,10 NLT
9
Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the
Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual
sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male
prostitutes, or practice homosexuality,
10
or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or
cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
II
Corinthians 11:3,13-15 NLT
But
I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will
be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the
serpent.
13
These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who
disguise themselves as apostles of Christ.
14
But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of
light.
15
So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as
servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment
their wicked deeds deserve.
Galatians
6:1-3,7 KJV
1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one in The Spirit Of Meekness; considering thyself,
lest thou also be tempted.
2
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
3
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he
deceiveth himself.
7 Do
not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he
will also reap.
Ephesians
5:6 KJV
Let
no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the
wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
II
Thessalonians 2:3,8-12 KJV (Coming Deception)
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;
8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom The Lord shall consume
with The Spirit Of His Mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness
of His coming:
9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power
and signs and lying wonders,
10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of The Truth, that they might be
saved.
11
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie:
12
That they all might be damned who believed not The Truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
I
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;
II
Timothy 3:12,13 KJV
12
Yea, and all that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution.
13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
being deceived.
James
1:22 KJV
But
be ye doers of The Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own
selves.
II Peter 2:1-22 NLT (The Danger of False Teachers)
1
But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be
false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive
heresies and even deny The Master who bought them. In this way, they
will bring sudden destruction on themselves.
2
Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And
because of these teachers, the way of Truth will be slandered.
3 In
their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money.
But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be
delayed.
4
For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into
hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the
day of judgment.
5
And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the
seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s
righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world
of ungodly people with a vast flood.
6
Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them
into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to
ungodly people.
7
But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man
who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around
him.
8
Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the
wickedness he saw and heard day after day.
9 So
you see, The Lord knows how to rescue Godly people from their trials,
even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final
judgment.
10
He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual
desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and
arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much
as trembling.
11
But the angels, who are far greater in power and strength, do not
dare to bring from The Lord a charge of blasphemy against those
supernatural beings.
12
These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of
instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they
do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.
13
Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They
love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a
disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as
they eat with you in your fellowship meals.
14
They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is
never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are
well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.
15
They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of
Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.
16
But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked
him with a human voice.
17
These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away
by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.
18
They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an
appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who
have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.
19
They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and
corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
20
And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved
by sin again, they are worse off than before.
21
It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness
than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a
holy life.
22
They prove The Truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.”
And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”
I
John 1:8 KJV
If
we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is
not in us.
I
John 2:24-27 NLT
24
So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the
beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with
The
Son and with The Father.
25
And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life He promised us.
26 I
am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you
astray.
27
But you have received The Holy Spirit, and He lives within you, so
you don’t need anyone to teach you what is True. For
The
Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what He teaches
is true—it is not a lie. So just as He has taught you, remain in
fellowship with Christ.
I
John 4:1-3 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.
2
Hereby know ye The Spirit Of God: Every spirit that confesseth that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
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.
Revelation
13:11-14 KJV (Coming Deception)
11
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying
to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to
the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Our enemy, is a deceiver. He and his emissaries, may disguise
themselves as angels of light, but really they are darkened spirits
of monstrous evil, but we need not live in fear!
I
John 4:4 KJV
Ye
are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater
is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Prayer:
Psalm
91:1-16 NLT
1
Those who live in the shelter of The Most High will find rest in the
shadow of The Almighty.
2
This I declare about The Lord: He alone is my Refuge, my place of
Safety; He is my God, and I trust Him.
3
For He will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly
disease.
4 He
will cover you with His feathers. He will shelter you with His wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do
not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies
in the day.
6 Do
not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that
strikes at midday.
7
Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying
around you, these evils will not touch you.
8
Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If
you make The Lord your Refuge, if you make the Most High your
Shelter,
10
no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.
11
For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go.
12
They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your
foot on a stone.
13
You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions
and serpents under your feet!
(Spiritual foes- for example - I Peter 5:8)
14
The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love Me. I will protect
those who trust in My name.
15
When they call on Me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
16 I
will reward them with a long life and give them My salvation.”
