Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Bible References

A flattering

Proverbs 6:24

To keep you from the evil woman,
From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.
Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.
Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
Luke 20:20
So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.

General references

Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies and with what you may be bound and subdued.”
1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’
Ezekiel 12:24
For there will no longer be any false and empty vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.