Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
General references
Bible References
He that
Job 32:21
Not now shall I lift up the face of man, and I shall not flatter to man.
Psalm 12:2
They will speak vanity each with his neighbor: smooth lips, with a heart and a heart will they speak
Proverbs 20:19
He revealing a secret going about tale-bearing: and thou shalt not intermingle with him embracing his lips.
Proverbs 29:5
A man making smooth against his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For neither once in word were we flatterers, as ye know, neither in a pretext of covetousness; God the witness:
The eyes
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them: for I am Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth, to them hating me;
Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations thou shalt not rest, and there shall not be rest to the sole of thy foot: and Jehovah gave to thee there a trembling heart and a wasting away of the eyes, and a faintnesss of soul.
1 Kings 11:12
But in thy days I will not do it for sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son will I rend it
Lamentations 4:17
Continuing, yet our eyes will fail, for our help in vain: in our watching we watched for a nation it will not save us.
General references
Job 13:7
Will ye speak wickedness for God? and will ye speak deceit to him?