Flattery (+) Topical Bible references on deceiving others to be in your favor by using flattering words to deceive the simple-minded.

• General references
Job 17:5; 32:21-22; Psalms 5:8-9; 12:2-3; 36:2; 49:13, 18; 78:36; Proverbs 6:24; 5:3; 7:5, 7:21; 14:20; 19:4, 6; 20:19; 22:16; 24:24; 25:26; 26:28; 27:21; 28:23; 29:5; Daniel 11:21, 34; Luke 6:26; Galatians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:4-6; Jude 1:16
• Instances of:
– By Jacob Gen 33:10
– By Gideon Judg 8:1-3
– By Mephibosheth 2Sam 9:8
– By woman of Tekoah 2Sam 14:17-20
– By Absalom 2Sam 15:2-6
– By Israel and Judah 2Sam 19:41-43
– By Adonijah 1Kgs 1:42
– By Ahab 1Kgs 20:4
– By false prophets 1Kgs 22:13
– By Darius’s courtiers Dan 6:7
– By Herodians Luke 20:21
– By Tyrians Acts 12:22
– Tertullus flatters Felix Acts 24:2-4
– Paul flatters Felix Acts 24:10
– By Agrippa Acts 26:2-3

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