Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
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Job 17:5
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 32:21
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
Psalm 12:2
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Isaiah 30:10
that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
Matthew 22:16
And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;
General references
Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: