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
Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
Psalm 12:2
Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Proverbs 20:19
A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.
Proverbs 29:5
A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God is witness!)
The eyes
Exodus 20:5
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
Deuteronomy 28:65
'And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul;
1 Kings 11:12
'Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it;
Lamentations 4:17
While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation that saveth not.
General references
Job 13:7
For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?