Lexicon :: Strong's H4820 - mirmâ

But he replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

Joram turned around and fled, shouting to Ahaziah, “It’s treachery, Ahaziah! ”

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;

their womb prepares deception.

If I have walked in falsehood

or my foot has rushed to deceit,

You destroy those who tell lies;

the LORD abhors violent and treacherous people.

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;

trouble and malice are under his tongue.

LORD, hear a just cause;

pay attention to my cry;

listen to my prayer —

from lips free of deceit.

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who has not appealed to[fn] what is false,

and who has not sworn deceitfully.

Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from deceitful speech.

For they do not speak in friendly ways,

but contrive fraudulent schemes[fn]

against those who live peacefully in the land.

The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive;

he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Those who intend to kill me set traps,

and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;

they plot treachery all day long.

[fn]Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause

against an unfaithful nation;

rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.

“You unleash your mouth for evil

and harness your tongue for deceit.

You love any words that destroy,

you treacherous tongue!

destruction is inside it;

oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.

God, you will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;

men of bloodshed and treachery

will not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;

they speak against me with lying tongues.

Dishonest scales are detestable to the LORD,

but an accurate weight is his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are just,

but guidance from the wicked is deceitful.

Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right,

but a false witness speaks deceit.

Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,

but those who promote peace have joy.

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way,

but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

A truthful witness rescues lives,

but one who utters lies is deceitful.

Differing weights[fn] are detestable to the LORD,

and dishonest scales are unfair.

A hateful person disguises himself with his speech

and harbors deceit within.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

but he was with a rich man at his death,

because he had done no violence

and had not spoken deceitfully.

“Like a cage full of birds,

so their houses are full of deceit.

Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

You live in a world of deception.[fn]

In their deception they refuse to know me.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Their tongues are deadly arrows —

they speak deception.

With his mouth

one speaks peaceably with his friend,

but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

“He will cause deceit to prosper

through his cunning and by his influence,

and in his own mind he will exalt himself.

He will destroy many in a time of peace;

he will even stand against the Prince of princes.

Yet he will be broken ​— ​not by human hands.

“After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully. He will rise to power with a small nation.[fn]

Ephraim surrounds me with lies,

the house of Israel, with deceit.

Judah still wanders with God

and is faithful to the holy ones.[fn]

A merchant loves to extort

with dishonest scales in his hands.

asking, “When will the New Moon be over

so we may sell grain,

and the Sabbath,

so we may market wheat?

We can reduce the measure

while increasing the price[fn]

and cheat with dishonest scales.

“Can I excuse wicked scales

or bags of deceptive weights?

On that day I will punish

all who skip over the threshold,[fn]

who fill their master’s house

with violence and deceit.