deceivable
Example Sentences
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I am confident that most if not all the miscarriages of the saints and people of God have their rise from deceivable thoughts here.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
Like to the scorpion so deceivable,* *deceitful That fhatt'rest with thy head when thou wilt sting; Thy tail is death, through thine envenoming.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Spots they are and filthiness: and of you they make a mockingstock feasting together in their deceivable ways: having eyes full of advoutry, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
"O soden hap, O thou fortune unstable, Like to the scorpion so deceivable, That flatrest with thy hed whan thou wilt sting."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis
