Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Psalm 5:9
There is nothing truthful in what they say! Their inward part is destruction. Their throat is an open grave. They flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 12:2
People speak lies to one another. They speak with flattering lips and with double-heart. (Double Heart: They say one thing but mean another.)
2 Samuel 14:17-24
I can rest easy now that you have given your decision. You know the difference between right and wrong just like an angel of God. I pray that Jehovah your God will be with you.
Job 17:5
Whoever turns in friends to get their property should have his children's eyesight fail.
Proverbs 1:17
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 7:21
She seduced him with her persuasive words. She forced him with her flattering lips.
Proverbs 20:19
A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.
Proverbs 26:24-25
He who hates disguises with his lips, and stores deceit within him.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Lamentations 1:13
He sends fire into my bones from on high. It overcomes them. His net is stretched out for my feet. He turns me back. He made me waste and feeble all the day.
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.
Luke 20:20-21
They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous. The spies listened for something in his speech to deliver him up to the authority of the governor.
Romans 16:18
They do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unaware.
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!