See Accusation, False; Conspiracy; Deceit; Deception; False Witness; Flattery; Hypocrisy; Perjury; Teachers, False.

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 34:1-31

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 42:1-38, 43, 44

Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites, Exodus 7:1-25, 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 9:1-27

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 21:1-15

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 4:1-24

Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem, Nehemiah 6:1-19

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; Conspiracy; False Witness; Hypocrisy; Perjury; Teachers, False.