162. Are depraved creatures deceitful?

Ps. 10. 7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud.

Ps. 52. 2. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Pr. 11. 18. The wicked worketh a deceitful work. Pr. 12. 5. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Pr. 20. 14. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Jer. 3. 10. Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

Jer. 8. 5. They hold fast deceit, they refuse to re

turn.

Jer. 9. 4. Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord. 8. Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit.

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

Ezk. 33. 31. With their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Hos. 11. 12. Ephraim compasseth me about with lies and the house of Israel with deceit.

Rom. 1. 29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness: full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God.

Rom. 16. 17. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark

Deceit and hypocrisy.

them which cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

2 Cor. 11. 13. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness.

Ep. 4. 14. Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.

2 Tim. 3. 13. Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Heb. 3. 13. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day: lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

2 Jn. 7. Many deceivers are entered into the world.

Rev. 18. 23, By thy sorceries were all nations deceived. [See 456.]

163. What are some of the scriptural marks of deceit and hypocriys?

2 S. 15. 5. And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him, to do him [Absalom] obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

2 K. 10. 16. Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.

Job 9. 20. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove

me perverse.

Pr. 20. 6. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find ? Pr. 30. 12.

There is a generation that are pure in

Deceit and hypocrisy.

their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthi

ness.

Is. 66. 5. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy and they shall be ashamed.

Mat. 23. 5. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men Rabbi, Rabbi. 14. Ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. 23. Ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weighter matters of the law, judgment, mercy and faith.

Lk. 18. 11. God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Rom. 16. 18. By good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

164. What is said of hypocrites and hypocrisy?

Mat. 6. 2. When thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. 5. And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward. 16. Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

Mat 23. 25. Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup

Stupidity-Forgetfulness of God.

and platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Mat. 23. 4―30. [See 536.]

165. Are sinners charged with stupidity?

Ps. 94. 5. They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Pr. 6. 9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.

Is. 1. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Is. 5. 12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge.

Jer. 4. 22. My people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jer. 8. 7. The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

Hos. 7. 11. Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart.

Ep. 4. 19. Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

166. Do sinners forget God?

Dt. 32. 18. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. And when the Lord saw it he abhorred them.

Ingratitude.

Jud. 3. 7. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves; Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. 1 S. 12. 9.

he sold them

Ps. 9. 17.

And when they forgat the Lord their God, into the hand of Sisera.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Ps. 10. 4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Ps 14. 1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

Ps. 106. 21. They forgat God their Saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach to turn away his wrath.

Jer. 2. 32. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jer. 3. 21. They have forgotten the Lord their God -Return ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.

Ezk. 22. 12. Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me saith the Lord God.

167. Does human depravity appear in acts of ingratitude?

Gen. 40. 23.

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Dt. 32. 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? 9. The Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about,