Flattery
42 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
22 sections
- Absalom
- Avoid Those Given To
- Danger of
- Darius's Courtiers
- False Prophets
- False Prophets and Teachers Use
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Hypocrites Use, to God
- Hypocrites Use, to Those in Authority
- Ministers should not Use
- Paul Correctly Informs Felix
- People of Tyre
- Pharisees
- Punishment of
- Saints should not Used
- Seldom Gains Respect
- Tertullus Flatters Felix
- The Wicked Use, to Others
- The Wicked Use, to Themselves
- Wisdom, a Preservative Against
- Woman of Tekoah
- Worldly Advantage Obtained By
Absalom
- 2 Samuel 15:2–6 He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your …
Avoid Those Given To
- Proverbs 20:19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Danger of
- Proverbs 7:21–23 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him. …
- Proverbs 20:5 The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
Darius's Courtiers
- Daniel 6:7 All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, …
False Prophets
- 1 Kings 22:13 Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
False Prophets and Teachers Use
- Ezekiel 12:24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
- Romans 16:18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Job 17:5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- Job 32:21–22 I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man. …
- Psalm 5:8–9 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me. …
- Psalm 12:2–3 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. …
- Psalm 36:2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
- Psalm 49:13 This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
- Psalm 49:18 Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul — and men praise you when you prosper —
- Psalm 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- Proverbs 5:3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 6:24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Proverbs 7:21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- Proverbs 14:20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
- Proverbs 19:4 Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
- Proverbs 19:6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
- Proverbs 20:19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
- Proverbs 22:16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
- Proverbs 24:24 Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
- Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- Proverbs 27:21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
- Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- Proverbs 29:5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Daniel 11:21 In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
- Daniel 11:34 Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
- Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
- Galatians 1:10 Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4–6 Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. …
- Jude 16 These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
Hypocrites Use, to God
- Psalm 78:36 But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
Hypocrites Use, to Those in Authority
- Daniel 11:34 Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
Ministers should not Use
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
Paul Correctly Informs Felix
- Acts 24:10 When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
People of Tyre
- Acts 12:22 And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
Pharisees
- Matthew 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Punishment of
- Job 17:5 If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- Psalm 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
Saints should not Used
- Job 32:21–22 I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man. …
Seldom Gains Respect
- Proverbs 28:23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Tertullus Flatters Felix
- Acts 24:2–4 When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation. …
The Wicked Use, to Others
- Psalm 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalm 12:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
The Wicked Use, to Themselves
- Psalm 36:2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Wisdom, a Preservative Against
- Proverbs 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
Woman of Tekoah
- 2 Samuel 14:17 And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
- 2 Samuel 14:20 Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
Worldly Advantage Obtained By
- Daniel 11:21–22 In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue. …
Related topics
Flattery by AbsalomFlattery by AdonijahFlattery by AhabFlattery by Darius's CourtiersFlattery by False ProphetsFlattery by Gideon
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.