What the Bible says about

Flattery

46 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.”
Job 17:5 BSB
“I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.”
Job 32:21 BSB
“For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.”
Job 32:22 BSB
“Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.”
Psalms 5:8 BSB
“For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”
Psalms 5:9 BSB
“They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.”
Psalms 12:2 BSB
“May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.”
Psalms 12:3 BSB
“For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.”
Psalms 36:2 BSB
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