Prov. XXIX, 5. A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.
Prov. II, 16. To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the strange woman that flattereth with her words.
Job XVII, 5. He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job XXXII, 21. Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
22. For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my Maker would soon take me away.
1 Thess. II, 5. For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness.
Psalm XII, 2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Psalm LXXVIII, 36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.