Flattery: Absalom

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2 Samuel 15:2-6
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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We must Observe a Right Standard Between Too Great Mildness and ...
... I thy servant am of one of the tribes of Israel." And Absalom answered: "Thy ... For
flattery of this sort quickly finds its way to touch the very depths of the ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxii we must observe.htm

Sermon.
... which David had done displeased the Lord." If the pen of the writer who tells the
story of Absalom's rebellion had been guided by favour or flattery, the fact ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wright/is the young man absalom safe/sermon.htm

Philippians ii. 4-Jan
... Scriptures. What is flattery, and meanness, and adulation? Ziba ... master. (2
Samuel 16:1-3.) Much more did Ahitophel flatter Absalom. (2 ...
/.../homily v philippians ii 4-jan.htm

The Ninth Commandment
... Absalom told his father a lie, when he said that he was going to pay his vow at ... As
no flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one. ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 9 the ninth commandment.htm

2 Cor. xii. 1
... And Absalom, was he not sober-minded, whilst still an exile; but after ... of the soul's
immortality; and mingling therewith that excessive flattery, he seduced ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxvi 2 cor xii.htm

Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and ...
... Flattery, beauty of pretended religion, false witnessing and charging of the Lord's
people ... of repentance and being reconciled to the church, as Absalom's vow at ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section v scriptures showing the.htm

Aron, Brother of Moses, 486, 487.
... Absalom, David's son, [17]4, [18]5; type of Judas the traitor, [19]4, [20]20. ... joy,
[802]60; for the Holy Spirit, [803]540; "oil of a sinner" flattery, [804]646 ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/aron brother of moses 486.htm

On the Great Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria.
... for, though others took the active part in it, the hand of Absalom [3315] was ... as
had been shaken by fear, enslaved by need, fascinated by flattery, or beguiled ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xxi on the great.htm

From the Close of the General Conference of 1816 to the ...
... hundred souls in Cynthiana and its vicinity, under the ministry of Absalom Hunt,
Le ... living it would be unseemly to speak in terms of fulsome flattery, while of ...
/.../chapter 4 from the close.htm

They Shall be Called the Children of God
... Let not ministers be either shaken with fear or seduced with flattery. ... They are like
music to a sad heart. He desires, as Absalom, to see the king's face'. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/19 they shall be called.htm

Subtopics

Flattery by Darius's Courtiers

Flattery by False Prophets

Flattery by Gideon

Flattery by Herod Agrippa Ii

Flattery by Israel and Judah

Flattery by Jacob

Flattery by Mephibosheth