TOPICAL BIBLE
Flattery
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Genesis 33:10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen 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 the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.Judges 8:2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? [Is] not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?Judges 8:3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.2 Samuel 9:8And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]?2 Samuel 14:17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.2 Samuel 14:18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.2 Samuel 14:19And the king said, [Is not] 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 ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:2 Samuel 14:20To fetch about this form of speech 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 that had a controversy came 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 which 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 him] to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took 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 have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?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 be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of 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 1:42And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.1 Kings 20:4And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I [am] thine, and all that I have.1 Kings 22:13And the messenger that was gone 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 [that which is] good.Job 17:5He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.Job 32:22For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.Psalm 5:8Lead me, O LORD, 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 vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.Psalm 12:3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:Psalm 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.Psalm 49:13This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.Psalm 49:18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.Psalm 78:36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.Proverbs 7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.Proverbs 14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.Proverbs 19:4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.Proverbs 19:6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:Proverbs 25:26A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.Proverbs 27:21[As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.Daniel 6:7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, 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 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.Daniel 11:34Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.Luke 6:26Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.Luke 20:21And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:Acts 12:22And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.Acts 24:2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,Acts 24:3We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.Acts 24:4Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.Acts 24:10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:Acts 26:2I 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:Acts 26:3Especially [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.Galatians 1:10For 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.1 Thessalonians 2:4But 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.
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