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 tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 7:5
so that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Luke 20:20
And they watched and sent forth spies, pretending themselves to be righteous men, so that they might seize upon a word of His, that they might deliver Him in this way to the power and authority of the governor.

General references

Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.
1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why do you hear man's words, saying, Behold, David seeks to do you evil?
Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall never again be any vain vision nor slippery divination within the house of Israel.