TOPICAL BIBLE
Flattery
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Genesis 33:10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.Judges 8:1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they did chide with him sharply.Judges 8:2And he said unto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?Judges 8:3God hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.2 Samuel 9:8And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?2 Samuel 14:17Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.2 Samuel 14:18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.2 Samuel 14:19And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;2 Samuel 14:20to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.2 Samuel 15:3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.2 Samuel 15:4Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!2 Samuel 15:5And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.2 Samuel 15:6And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 19:41And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?2 Samuel 19:42And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? or hath he given us any gift?2 Samuel 19:43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.1 Kings 1:42While he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings.1 Kings 20:4And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.Job 17:5He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.Job 32:22For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.Psalm 5:8Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.Psalm 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.Psalm 12:2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.Psalm 12:3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;Psalm 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.Psalm 49:13This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. [SelahPsalm 49:18Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),Psalm 78:36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbor; But the rich hath many friends.Proverbs 19:4Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.Proverbs 19:6Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;Proverbs 25:26As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.Proverbs 27:21The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is tried by his praise.Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.Daniel 6:7All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.Daniel 11:21And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.Daniel 11:34Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with flatteries.Luke 6:26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.Luke 20:21And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of God:Acts 12:22And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.Acts 24:2And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by the providence evils are corrected for this nation,Acts 24:3we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.Acts 24:4But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words.Acts 24:10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered,Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:Acts 26:2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:Acts 26:3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.Galatians 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
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