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