The phrase "deceitful" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
deceitful
...O save me, Lord, from lying lips
And from the false, deceitful word.
What woe for falsehood can atone,...
O save me, Lord, from lying lips
And from the false, deceitful word.
What woe for falsehood can atone,
...Which does its neighbor wrong?
Can sin’s deceitful way
Conduct to Zion’s hill;...
Which does its neighbor wrong?
Can sin’s deceitful way
Conduct to Zion’s hill;
...To tread the sacred paths of truth;
From sin’s deceitful snares to run,
And find a heav’n on earth begun....
To tread the sacred paths of truth;
From sin’s deceitful snares to run,
And find a heav’n on earth begun.
...And haste to join them too.
Farewell, deceitful earth,
No longer boast thy charms;...
And haste to join them too.
Farewell, deceitful earth,
No longer boast thy charms;
...Shall minister to me;
The lying and deceitful
My favor shall not see....
Shall minister to me;
The lying and deceitful
My favor shall not see.
...Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen,
To temper the deceitful ray.
And O, when gathers on our path,...
Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen,
To temper the deceitful ray.
And O, when gathers on our path,
...Away, ye tempters of the mind;
False as the smooth, deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind....
Away, ye tempters of the mind;
False as the smooth, deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind.
...To restore from this declension,
My deceitful, wandering heart.
Shed on me Thy rays transporting,...
To restore from this declension,
My deceitful, wandering heart.
Shed on me Thy rays transporting,
...To bring forth fruits of love.
Let not the world’s deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy....
To bring forth fruits of love.
Let not the world’s deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy.
...Let me no more my soul beguile
With sin’s deceitful toys;
Let cheerful hope, increasing still,...
Let me no more my soul beguile
With sin’s deceitful toys;
Let cheerful hope, increasing still,
...Attend the followers of the Lamb,
Who leave the world’s deceitful shore,
And leave it to return no more....
Attend the followers of the Lamb,
Who leave the world’s deceitful shore,
And leave it to return no more.
...And falsehood in thy sight is clean.
Since, O thou false, deceitful tongue,
In deadly words thou findest joy,...
And falsehood in thy sight is clean.
Since, O thou false, deceitful tongue,
In deadly words thou findest joy,
...When my feet would go astray,
All the dark deceitful things are made to flee,
When I think of my dear mother...
When my feet would go astray,
All the dark deceitful things are made to flee,
When I think of my dear mother
...We look to Thee.
’Tis not the calm, deceitful dream
That earth calls peace, we ask for now;...
We look to Thee.
’Tis not the calm, deceitful dream
That earth calls peace, we ask for now;
...Yet act the flatterer’s part;
With fair deceitful lips they speak,
And with a double heart....
Yet act the flatterer’s part;
With fair deceitful lips they speak,
And with a double heart.
...Against a godless race;
From men deceitful and unjust
Deliver in Thy grace,...
Against a godless race;
From men deceitful and unjust
Deliver in Thy grace,
...While she can cling to Thee.
What though the world deceitful prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove,...
While she can cling to Thee.
What though the world deceitful prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove,
...My lips shall spread His praise;
While cruel and deceitful men
Scarce live out half their days....
My lips shall spread His praise;
While cruel and deceitful men
Scarce live out half their days.
...Unhonored and unmourned.
My foe, deceitful, visits me,
By seeming kindness led,...
Unhonored and unmourned.
My foe, deceitful, visits me,
By seeming kindness led,
...But still retained a conscience feared,
An hard, deceitful heart.
A goodly, formal saint...
But still retained a conscience feared,
An hard, deceitful heart.
A goodly, formal saint
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