Flattery

A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him: — read the full passage →

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. — read the full passage →

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: — read the full passage →

Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their gain. — read the full passage →

And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries. — read the full passage →

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries.

All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. — read the full passage →

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. — read the full passage →

The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.

For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man istriedby his praise.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him. — read the full passage →

Giveinstructionto a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. — read the full passage →

Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee. — read the full passage →

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; — read the full passage →

but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts. — read the full passage →

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. — read the full passage →

He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

Let his days be few; Andlet another take his office.

My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From himcomethmy salvation. — read the full passage →

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. — read the full passage →

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. — read the full passage →

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;

And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by thy providence evils are corrected for this nation, — read the full passage →

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad. — read the full passage →

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. — read the full passage →

For I know not to give flattering titles; Elsewould my Maker soon take me away.

And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him;

And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.

And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage. — read the full passage →

And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews: — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of God:

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →

Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. — read the full passage →

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes. — read the full passage →

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.

And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him? — read the full passage →

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defence:

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.

And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply. — read the full passage →

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. — read the full passage →

But I will tell thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me against these, but Michael your prince.

And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.