Falsehood Wörterbuch: Nave's Topical Bible

INSTANCES OF

• Satan
• In deceiving Eve Ge 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; Lu 4:6,7
• Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility Ge 3:12,13
• Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother Ge 4:9
• Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife Ge 12:11-19; 20:2
• Sarah
• To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbelief Ge 18:15
• In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wifeGe 20:5,16
• Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife Ge 26:7-10
• Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau Ge 27:6-24,46
• Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcisedGe 34
• Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beastsGe 37:29-35
• Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing Joseph Ge 39:14-17
• Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers Ge 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 calfEx 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 leadingthem to believe that they came from a distant region, whenin fact they lived in the immediate vicinityJos 9
• Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate himJud 3:16-23
• Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers Jud 4:20
• Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he hadnot obeyed1Sa 15:1-26
• In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself1Sa 22:11-16
• David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor1Sa 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 Hushai2Sa 15:34-37
• Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence1Sa 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 ofAbsalom's army2Sa 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 Judah1Ki 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 clothes2Ki 5:20-24
• Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to theking's recovery2Ki 8:7-15
• Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them2Ki 10:18-28
• Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer2Ch 36:13; Eze 16:59; 17:15-20
• Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at JerusalemEzr 4
• Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem Ne 6
• Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews Es 3:8
• Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the ChaldeansJer 37:13-15
• Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the LordJer 42:20
• Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship JesusMt 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 BaptistMt 21:24-27
• Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sin Mt 9:2-6; Mr 2:7; Lu 5:21
• And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of God Mt 26:65; Mr 14:64; Joh 10:33-38
• Peter, in denying Jesus Mt 26:69-75; Mr 14:68-71; Lu 22:56-62; Joh 18:25-27
• The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of JesusMt 28:13,15
• The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did notMt 21:30
• Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sumAc 5:1-10
• Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and GodAc 6:11-14
• Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar Ac 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 False witness