King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Deceit
CategoryMoral Term / Archaic Word
Modern Equivalentdeception; lying; the practice of misleading others.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe practice of causing someone to believe something that is false; fraud or treachery. The KJV treats deceit as a fundamental characteristic of the sinful heart, the devil's nature, and false prophets.
Key Verses"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9); "Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit." (Romans 3:13)