The Bible says deception comes from the devil, from other people and from a person’s own heart. Jesus calls the devil “a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44), Jesus and Peter warn of false prophets and teachers (Matthew 7:15; 2 Peter 2:1-3), and Jeremiah 17:9 calls the heart “deceitful above all things.” The serpent’s promise to the woman in Genesis 3:4-5 mixes a lie with something true, and Paul warns that Satan “masquerades as an angel of light”…
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