Flattery
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· 91 viewsInsincere and undeserved praise or words of encouragement, used with the intention of gaining favour with others.
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Flattery is deceitful
Flattery is deceitful
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
The results of flattery are ruinous
A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Flattery is rejected by godly people
Flattery is rejected by godly people
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
Honesty is preferable to flattery
Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with his tongue.
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False teachers use flattery
False teachers use flattery
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
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.
