Job 17:5
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5 He who speaks flattery to his friends,
Even the eyes of his children will (A)fail.
Proverbs 20:19
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19 (A)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (B)who flatters with his lips.
Psalm 12:2-3
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2 (A)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [a]a double heart they speak.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
- Psalm 12:3 destroy
- Psalm 12:3 great
Proverbs 29:5
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5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his feet.
Job 32:21-22
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21 Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone;
Nor let me flatter any man.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
Else my Maker would soon take me (A)away.
Job 11:20
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20 But (A)the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they shall not escape,
And (B)their hope—[a]loss of life!”
Footnotes
- Job 11:20 Lit. the breathing out of life
1 Kings 11:12
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12 Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
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Deuteronomy 28:65
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65 And (A)among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; (B)but there the Lord will give you a [a]trembling heart, failing eyes, and (C)anguish of soul.
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- Deuteronomy 28:65 anxious
Exodus 20:5
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5 (A)you shall not bow down to them nor [a]serve them. (B)For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, (C)visiting[b] the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Footnotes
- Exodus 20:5 worship
- Exodus 20:5 punishing
1 Thessalonians 2:5
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5 For (A)neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a [a]cloak for covetousness—(B)God is witness.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 pretext for greed
Lamentations 4:17
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17 Still (A)our eyes failed us,
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.
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