Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 32:21
Please don't let me respect any man's person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
Psalm 12:2
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 28:23
One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Isaiah 30:10
who tell the seers, "Don't see!" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
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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 deception.