DECEPTION

→ INSTANCES OF

• By Satan Ge 3:4

• Abraham, in stating that Sarah was his sister Ge 12:13; 20:2

• Isaac, in stating that his wife was his sister Ge 26:7

• Jacob and Rebekah, in imposing Jacob on his father, and Jacob's impersonating Esau Ge 27:6-23

• Jacob's sons, in entrapping the Shechemites Ge 34:13-31

• In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts Ge 37:29-35

• Joseph, in his ruse with his brothers Ge 42; 43; 44

• The Gibeonites, in misrepresenting their habitat Jos 9:3-15

• Ehud deceives Eglon, and kills him Jud 3:15-30

• Delilah deceives Samson Jud 16:4-20

• David feigns madness 1Sa 21:10-15

• Amnon deceives Tamar by feigning sickness 2Sa 13:6-14

• Hushai deceives Absalom 2Sa 16:15-19

• Sanballat tries to deceive Nehemiah Ne 6

• By Absalom

When he avenged his sister 2Sa 13:24-28

When he began his conspiracy 2Sa 15:7

• The old prophet 1Ki 13:18

• Gehazi 2Ki 5:20

• Job's friends Job 6:15

• Doeg Ps 52:2

• Herod Mt 2:8

• Pharisees Mt 22:16

• Chief priests Mr 14:1

• Lawyer Lu 10:25

• Ananias and Sapphira Ac 5:1

• See DECEIT

• See HYPOCRISY

• See FALSEHOOD

• See FALSE WITNESS

→ SELF

• See CONFIDENCE, FALSE

• See FLATTERY