5863 flattery
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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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

5164  lips
5546  speech
5575  talk, idle
5690  friends
5820  criticism
6145  deceit
8237  doctrine, false
8714  dishonesty



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