deceivable

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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 Binning, Hugh

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

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

The next point was to persuade that royal and most deceivable individual that he had entertained an earnest desire to see Richard married to a Princess of Savoy, a cousin of the Queen.

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah

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