Job 32:22
I do not know how to flatter or my Maker would soon put an end to me!
Job 17:5
Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children's eyesight fail.
Psalm 12:2-3
People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Galatians 1:10
Do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Am I striving to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). God is our witness!