FLATTERY

- Saints should not used Job 32:21,22 - Ministers should not use 1Th 2:5 - THE WICKED USE, TO . Others Ps 5:9; 12:2 . Themselves Ps 36:2 - HYPOCRITES USE, TO . God Ps 78:36 . Those in authority Da 11:34 - False prophets and teachers use Eze 12:24; Ro 16:18 - Wisdom, a preservative against Pr 4:5 - Worldly advantage obtained by Da 11:21,22 - Seldom gains respect Pr 28:23 - Avoid those given to Pr 20:19 - Danger of Pr 7:21-23; 20:5 - Punishment of Job 17:5; Ps 12:3 - Exemplified . Woman of Tekoah 2Sa 14:17,20 . Absalom 2Sa 15:2-6 . False prophets 1Ki 22:13 . Darius's courtiers Da 6:7 . Pharisees, Mt 12:14 . People of Tyre, Ac 12:22

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FLATTERY. → General scriptures concerning Job 17:5; 32:21,22; Ps 5:8,9; 12:2,3; 36:2; 49:13,18; 78:36; Pr 5:3; 6:24; 7:5,21; 14:20; 19:4,6; 20:19; 22:16; 24:24; 25:26; 26:28; 27:21; 28:23; 29:5; Da 11:21,34; Lu 6:26; Ga 1:10; 1Th 2:4-6; Jude 1:16 → INSTANCE OF
* By Jacob Ge 33:10
* By Gideon Jud 8:1-3
* By Mephibosheth 2Sa 9:8
* By the woman of Tekoah 2Sa 14:17-20
* By Absalom 2Sa 15:2-6
* By Israel and Judah 2Sa 19:41-43
* By Adonijah 1Ki 1:42
* By Ahab 1Ki 20:4
* By false prophets 1Ki 22:13
* By Darius's courtiers Da 6:7
* By the Herodians Lu 20:21
* By Tyrians Ac 12:22
* Tertullus flatters Felix Ac 24:2-4
* Paul correctly informs Felix Ac 24:10
* By Herod Agrippa II Ac 26:2,3

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Flat″ter‐y (?), n.; pl. Flatteries (#). [[OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t.]] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke. Syn. — Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation.