Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'deceit' occurs 36 times in the standard works.

3 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'deceit' in the standard works and contain 8.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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Jer. 9:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 29 31 60
Gen. 0 1 1
Ex. 0 2 2
Lev. 0 1 1
Job 3 2 5
Ps. 7 11 18
Prov. 7 6 13
Isa. 1 1 2
Jer. 7 2 9
Dan. 0 1 1
Hosea 2 1 3
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 0 2 2
Zeph. 1 1 2
NT 5 6 11
BM 2 1 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 36 38 74

Jer. 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Jer. 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jer. 9:6
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

Jer. 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jer. 14:14
Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Jer. 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Jer. 23:26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

Jer. 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.