He who speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Jehovah shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor in pretense of covetousness; God is witness.

For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.