7 Bible Verses about Flattery, Used By The Wicked
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For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.
They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].
Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths
And lied to Him with their tongues.
Now when they fall they will receive a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy.
For there will no longer be any false and empty vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].
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