Falsehood: 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,
Mat 4:8, 9; Luk 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,
Exd 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12.
Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf,
Exd 32:1-24.
Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house,
Jos 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,
Jos 9.
Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him,
Jdg 3:16-23.
Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers,
Jdg 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,
1Sa 15:1-26;
in accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself;
1Sa 22:11-16.
David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor,
1Sa 21.
David in feigning madness,
1Sa 21:13-15.
David's other deceits with the Philistines,
1Sa 27:8-12.
The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai,
2Sa 15:34-37.
Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence,
1Sa 19:12-17.
The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul,
2Sa 1:10-12.
Hushai, in false professions to Absalom,
2Sa 16:16-19;
in his deceitful counsel to Absalom,
2Sa 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,
2Sa 17:15-22.
The murder, under false pretense, of Adonijah,
1Ki 2:23;
of Shimei,
1Ki 2:42, 43;
of Jeroboam's wife,
1Ki 14:2.
The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah,
1Ki 13:11-22.
Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman,
1Ki 14:5-7.
The conspirators against Naboth,
1Ki 21:7-13.
Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes,
2Ki 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,
2Ki 8:7-15.
Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them,
2Ki 10:18-28.
Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer,
2Ch 36:13; Eze 16:59; 17:15-20.
Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem,
Ezr 4.
Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem,
Neh 6.
Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews,
Est 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,
Mat 2:8.
Jewish leaders, in falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a winebibber (a wino),
Mat 11:19;
in refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist,
Mat 21:24-27;
falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin,
Mat 9:2-6; Mar 2:7; Luk 5:21;
and when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God,
Mat 26:65; Mar 14:64; Jhn 10:33-38.
Peter, in denying Jesus,
Mat 26:69-75; Mar 14:68-71; Luk 22:56-62; Jhn 18:25-27.
The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus,
Mat 28:13, 15.
The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not,
Mat 21:30.
Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum,
Act 5:1-10.
Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God,
Act 6:11-14.
Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar,
Act 16:20, 21; 17:5-7; 24:5; 25:7, 8.
The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies,
Tts 1:12.
See ACCUSATION, FALSE; CONSPIRACY; FALSE WITNESS; HYPOCRISY; PERJURY; TEACHERS, FALSE.
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