In his false pretensions to Jesus

Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibility

Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother

Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wife

Sarah

Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wife

Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against Esau

Jacob’s sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised

Joseph’s brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts

Potiphar’s wife, in falsely accusing Joseph

Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothers

Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the Israelites

Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calf

Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her house

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

Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate him

Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuers

Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed

In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself

David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor

David in feigning madness

David’s other deceits with the Philistines

The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai

Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul’s violence

The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul

Hushai

The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai’s messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom’s army

The murder, under false pretense

The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah

Jeroboam’s wife, feigning herself to be another woman

The conspirators against Naboth

Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes

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

Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them

Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer

Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem

Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of Jerusalem

Haman, in his conspiracy against the Jews

Jeremiah’s adversaries, in accusing him of joining the Chaldeans

Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the Lord

Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship Jesus

Jewish leaders

Peter, in denying Jesus

The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of Jesus

The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did not

Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sum

Stephen’s accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and God

Paul’s traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to Caesar

The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies

See ACCUSATION, FALSE

See CONSPIRACY

See FALSE WITNESS

See HYPOCRISY

See PERJURY

See TEACHERS, FALSE