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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 36:2

For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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—

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 78:36

But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 5:3

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 14:20

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 20:19

He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 24:24

Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 27:21

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 28:23

He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning 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.

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Flattery: General Scriptures Concerning Jude 1:16

These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

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