61 Bible Verses about Flattery
Want to know what the Bible says about Flattery? Here are 61 Bible verses about Flattery from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Proverbs 29:5 NIV
Those who flatter their neighbors
are spreading nets for their feet.
are spreading nets for their feet.
141
Proverbs 28:23 NIV
Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
84
Job 32:21-22 NIV
21 I will show no partiality,
nor will I flatter anyone;
22 for if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker would soon take me away.
nor will I flatter anyone;
22 for if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker would soon take me away.
76
Romans 16:18 NIV
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
60
Psalm 5:9 NIV
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongues they tell lies.
their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongues they tell lies.
59
Psalm 12:3 NIV
May the Lord silence all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue—
and every boastful tongue—
42
Jude 1:16 NIV
These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
40
Proverbs 27:6 NIV
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
35
Psalm 12:2 NIV
Everyone lies to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.
26
Proverbs 6:24 NIV
keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
26
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