Flattery

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

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.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

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

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.