Bible Dictionary: Deceit: The Devil

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Genesis 3:1,4,5
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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That Evil Comes of Sloth, and virtue from Diligence, and that ...
... but "seeing the tree that it was fair, she ate." So that the blame belongs to her
uncontrolled vision, not to the deceit alone which comes from the Devil. ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily iii that evil comes.htm

Another Cavil Met, IE , the Devil who Instigated Man to Sin ...
... Now, whence originated this malice of lying and deceit towards man, and slandering ...
Indeed, before he became the devil, he stands forth the wisest of creatures ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter x another cavil met i e.htm

Those Persons who do not Believe in God, but who are Disobedient ...
... Go ye and tell that fox," [4443] aiming at his wicked cunning and deceit. ... For this
reason, therefore, He has termed those "angels of the devil," and "children ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xli those persons who do.htm

But the Devil, who Hates and Envies what is Good...
... And the devil, unhappy wight, one night even took upon him the shape of ... and considering
the spirituality of the soul, quenched the coal of the other's deceit. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 5.htm

As Christ is the Mediator of Life, So the Devil is the Mediator of ...
... For because the devil had not himself come thither whither he had led ... through
sacrilegious rites, in which, while casting down headlong by deceit and illusion ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 10 as christ is the.htm

Upon the Collections , iv.
... For our Redeemer and Saviour knew what great errors the devil's deceit had dispersed
throughout the world and by how many superstitions he had subjected the ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/sermon ix upon the collections.htm

To Brother Antonio of Nizza of the Hermit Brothers of Saint ...
... should deprive us of mental peace and consolation, we ought to obey; and I consider
that to do the opposite is a great imperfection, and deceit of the devil. ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother antonio of nizza.htm

Our Deserts
... I do believe it is a temptation of the devil, a deceit of the devil; for rich people
are not really one whit happier or lighter-hearted than poor ones, and all ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxxviii our deserts.htm

Whether Christ's Passion Brought About Our Salvation by Way of ...
... xiii): "The devil had to be overthrown by Christ's justice." But justice requires ...
seized another's property shall be deprived of it, because deceit and cunning ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs passion brought about 3.htm

Whether the Manner and Order of the First Temptation was Fitting?
... xi, 3), "we are not to suppose that the devil chose the serpent as his means of
temptation; but as he was possessed of the lust of deceit, he could only do so ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the manner and order.htm

Subtopics

Deceit

Deceit is Falsehood

Deceit: A Characteristic of Antichrist

Deceit: A Characteristic of the Apostasy

Deceit: Blessedness of Being Free From

Deceit: Characteristic of the Apostasy

Deceit: Characteristic of the Heart

Deceit: Chief Priests

Deceit: Christ Was Perfectly Free From

Deceit: Comes from the Heart

Deceit: David