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deceit

Meaning of “deceit”

Falsehood, guile, fraud, trickery, or a purpose, word, or act intended to mislead.

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34 occurrences33 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Job 15:35

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Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
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1611 witness · Romans 3:13 · retained source text

Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue vsed deceit, the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes:

Colossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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Beware lest any man spoile you through Philosophie and vaine deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

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Psalms 119:118

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

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