FALSEHOOD

• General scriptures concerning Ex. 20:16, 23:1; Lev. 6:2-7, 19:11,12, 16; Job 13:4, 21:34, 27:4, 31:5,6, 33, 36:4; Ps. 5:6, 9, 10:7, 12:2,3, 28:3, 31:18, 34:13, 36:3, 50:19,20, 52:2-5, 55:21, 23, 58:3, 59:12, 62:4, 63:11, 101:5, 7, 109:2, 116:11, 119:29, 69, 163, 120:2-4, 144:8, 11; Pr. 2:12-15, 3:3, 6:12,13, 17-19, 10:9,10, 18, 31, 11:9, 12:17, 19,20, 22, 13:5, 14:5, 8, 25, 17:4, 7, 19:5, 9, 22, 28, 20:17, 21:6, 26:18,19, 24-26, 28, 27:14; Eccl. 5:6; Isa. 28:15, 32:7, 57:11, 59:3,4, 12,13, 63:8; Jer. 7:8, 28, 9:3, 5,6, 8, 12:6, 50:36; Ezek. 22:9; Hos. 4:1,2; Oba. 1:7; Mic. 6:12; Nah. 3:1; Zeph. 3:13; Mt. 25:44-46; Jn. 8:44,45; Eph. 4:25, 29; Col. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:9,10, 4:2; 1 Pet. 3:10, 16; Rev. 21:8, 27, 22:15
• INSTANCES OF
  • Satan
    • In deceiving Eve Gen. 3:4,5
    • In impugning Job's motives for being righteous Job 1:9,10, 2:4,5
    • In his false pretensions to Jesus Mt. 4:8,9; Lk. 4:6,7
  • Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility Gen. 3:12,13
  • Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother Gen. 4:9
  • Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife Gen. 12:11-19, 20:2
  • Sarah
    • To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief Gen. 18:15
    • In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wife Gen. 20:5, 16
  • Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife Gen. 26:7-10
  • Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau Gen. 27:6-24, 46
  • Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised Gen. 34
  • Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts Gen. 37:29-35
  • Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph Gen. 39:14-17
  • Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers Gen. 42; 43; 44
  • Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites Ex. 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
  • Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf Ex. 32:1-24
  • Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house Josh. 2:4-6
  • The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinity Josh. 9
  • Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him Judg. 3:16-23
  • Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers Judg. 4:20
  • Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed 1 Sam. 15:1-26
    • In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself 1 Sam. 22:11-16
  • David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor 1 Sam. 21
  • David in feigning madness 1 Sam. 21:13-15
  • David's other deceits with the Philistines 1 Sam. 27:8-12
  • The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai 2 Sam. 15:34-37
  • Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence 1 Sam. 19:12-17
  • The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul 2 Sam. 1:10-12
  • Hushai
    • In false professions to Absalom 2 Sam. 16:16-19
    • In his deceitful counsel to Absalom 2 Sam. 17:7-14
  • The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army 2 Sam. 17:15-22
  • The murder, under false pretense
    • Of Adonijah 1 Ki. 2:23
    • Of Shimei 1 Ki. 2:42,43
    • Of Jeroboam's wife 1 Ki. 14:2
  • The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah 1 Ki. 13:11-22
  • Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman 1 Ki. 14:5-7
  • The conspirators against Naboth 1 Ki. 21:7-13
  • Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes 2 Ki. 5:20-24
  • Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery 2 Ki. 8:7-15
  • Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them 2 Ki. 10:18-28
  • Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer 2 Chr. 36:13; Ezek. 16:59, 17:15-20
  • Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem Ezra 4
  • Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem Neh. 6
  • Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews Esther 3:8
  • Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans Jer. 37:13-15
  • Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the Lord Jer. 42:20
  • Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship Jesus Mt. 2:8
  • Jewish leaders
    • In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a winebibber (a wino) Mt. 11:19
    • In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist Mt. 21:24-27
    • Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin Mt. 9:2-6; Mk. 2:7; Lk. 5:21
    • And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God Mt. 26:65; Mk. 14:64; Jn. 10:33-38
  • Peter, in denying Jesus Mt. 26:69-75; Mk. 14:68-71; Lk. 22:56-62; Jn. 18:25-27
  • The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus Mt. 28:13, 15
  • The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not Mt. 21:30
  • Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum Acts 5:1-10
  • Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God Acts 6:11-14
  • Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar Acts 16:20,21, 17:5-7, 24:5, 25:7,8
  • The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies Tit. 1:12
• See ACCUSATION, FALSE
• See CONSPIRACY
• See DECEIT
• See DECEPTION
• See FALSE WITNESS
• See FLATTERY
• See HYPOCRISY
• See PERJURY
• See TEACHERS, FALSE