Job 32:22
for I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.
Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.
Psalm 12:2-3
People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
Proverbs 29:5
The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed -- God is our witness --