Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5760 Human attitudes and behaviour » 5863 flattery Insincere and undeserved praise or words of encouragement, used with the intention of gaining favour with others. Flattery is deceitful Psalm 12:2-3 See also Psalm 5:9; Psalm 55:20-21; Psalm 62:4; Proverbs 27:6; Jeremiah 9:8 The results of flattery are ruinous Proverbs 26:28 See also Proverbs 29:5 Flattery is rejected by godly people Job 32:21-22 See also Galatians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:5-6 Honesty is preferable to flattery Proverbs 28:23 See also Proverbs 16:13; Proverbs 27:9 False teachers use flattery Romans 16:17-18 See also 2 Timothy 4:3-4; Jude 16-19 Examples of flattery 2 Samuel 14:17-20 The woman from Tekoa flatters David; 2 Samuel 15:2-6 Absalom to Israelites; Daniel 6:21 Daniel flatters the king; Matthew 22:16 pp Mark 12:14 pp Luke 20:21; Luke 20:21 The spies from the teachers of the law flatter Jesus Christ; Acts 12:22 The crowds flatter Herod. the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus Christ See also
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