He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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Proverbs 29:5 · 15 connections
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. …
End of linked passage: 2 Samuel 14:24Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; …
End of linked passage: Proverbs 26:25A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. …
End of linked passage: Luke 20:21For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
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