Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning
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Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Job 32:21, 22
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man. / For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
Psalm 5:8, 9
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me. / For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
Psalm 12:2, 3
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. / May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Psalm 36:2
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Psalm 49:13, 18
This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah / Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—
Psalm 78:36
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Proverbs 7:5, 21
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. / With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
Proverbs 19:4, 6
Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. / Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Proverbs 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Proverbs 24:24
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
Proverbs 25:26
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 27:21
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Daniel 11:21, 34
In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue. / Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
Luke 6:26
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4–6
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. / As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! / Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Jude 1:16
These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.