General scriptures concerning
Exodus 20:16; 23:1; Leviticus 6:2-7; 19:11,12,16; Job 13:4; 21:34; 27:4; 31:5,6,33; 36:4; Psalm 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; Proverbs 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; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Isaiah 28:15; 32:7; 57:11; 59:3,4,12,13; 63:8; Jeremiah 7:8,28; 9:3,5,6,8; 12:6; 50:36; Ezekiel 22:9; Hosea 4:1,2; Obadiah 1:7; Micah 6:12; Nahum 3:1; Zephaniah 3:13; Matthew 25:44-46; John 8:44,45; Ephesians 4:25,29; Colossians 3:9; 1 Timothy 1:9,10; 4:2; 1 Peter 3:10,16; Revelation 21:8,27; 22:15
See ACCUSATION, FALSE
See CONSPIRACY
See DECEIT
See DECEPTION
See FALSE WITESS
See FLATTERY
See HYPOCRISY
See PERJURY
See TEACHERS, FALSE
INSTANCES OF
- Satan
  - In deceiving Eve
    Genesis 3:4,5
  - In impugning Job's motives for being righteous
    Job 1:9,10; 2:4,5
  - In his false pretensions to Jesus
    Matthew 4:8,9; Luke 4:6,7
- Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility
  Genesis 3:12,13
- Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother
  Genesis 4:9
- Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife
  Genesis 12:11-19; 20:2
- Sarah
  - To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief
    Genesis 18:15
  - In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wife
    Genesis 20:5,16
- Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife
  Genesis 26:7-10
- Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau
  Genesis 27:6-24,46
- Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by First having them circumcised
  Genesis 34
- Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief That Joseph was killed by wild beasts
  Genesis 37:29-35
- Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph
  Genesis 39:14-17
- Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers
  Genesis 42; 43; 44
- Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites
  Exodus 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
- Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making Of the golden calf
  Exodus 32:1-24
- Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house
  Joshua 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
  Joshua 9
- Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king Of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him
  Judges 3:16-23
- Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers
  Judges 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 Samuel 15:1-26
- In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against Himself
  1 Samuel 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 Samuel 21
- David in feigning madness
  1 Samuel 21:13-15
- David's other deceits with the Philistines
  1 Samuel 27:8-12
- The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the Mouth of Hushai
  2 Samuel 15:34-37
- Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order To save him from Saul's violence
  1 Samuel 19:12-17
- The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul
  2 Samuel 1:10-12
- Hushai
  - In false professions to Absalom
    2 Samuel 16:16-19
  - In his deceitful counsel to Absalom
    2 Samuel 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 Samuel 17:15-22
- The murder, under false pretense
  - Of Adonijah
    1 Kings 2:23
  - Of Shimei
    1 Kings 2:42,43
  - Of Jeroboam's wife
    1 Kings 14:2
- The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah
  1 Kings 13:11-22
- Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman
  1 Kings 14:5-7
- The conspirators against Naboth
  1 Kings 21:7-13
- Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes
  2 Kings 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 Kings 8:7-15
- Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the Advantage over them and destroy them
  2 Kings 10:18-28
- Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer
  2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 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
  Nehemiah 6
- Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews
  Esther 3:8
- Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans
  Jeremiah 37:13-15
- Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision From the Lord
  Jeremiah 42:20
- Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to Worship Jesus
  Matthew 2:8
- Jewish leaders
  - In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a Winebibber (a wino)
    Matthew 11:19
  - In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the Baptist
    Matthew 21:24-27
  - Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin
    Matthew 9:2-6; Mark 2:7; Luke 5:21
  - And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God
    Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:64; John 10:33-38
- Peter, in denying Jesus
  Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:68-71; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:25-27
- The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus
  Matthew 28:13,15
- The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, But did not
  Matthew 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
  Titus 1:12
- See ACCUSATION, FALSE
- See CONSPIRACY
- See FALSE WITESS
- See HYPOCRISY
- See PERJURY
- See TEACHERS, FALSE

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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Falsehood'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/concordances/eng/ntb/f/falsehood.html. 1896.

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