Flattery

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Insincere and undeserved praise or words of encouragement, used with the intention of gaining favour with others.

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Flattery is deceitful

Psalm 12:2–3 ESV
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,
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The results of flattery are ruinous

Proverbs 26:28 ESV
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Flattery is rejected by godly people

Job 32:21–22 ESV
I will not show partiality to any man or use flattery toward any person. For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away.
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Honesty is preferable to flattery

Proverbs 28:23 ESV
Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue.
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False teachers use flattery

Romans 16:17–18 ESV
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
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Examples of flattery

The woman from Tekoa flatters David; Absalom to Israelites; Daniel flatters the king; ; The spies from the teachers of the law flatter Jesus Christ; The crowds flatter Herod.
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