deceivable
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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 D. Laing Purves
There 's something in 't That is deceivable.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Then withal, I desire you to study how deceivable a thing sin is,—how many deceitful fair pretences it is covered with.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
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 John Bunyan
Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, Whose duty is deceivable and false.
From King Richard II by William Shakespeare
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