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Flattery.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Saints should not use. Job 32:21, 22²¹Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. ²²For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. (Job 32:21‑22).

Ministers should not use. 1 Thess. 2:5⁵For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: (1 Thessalonians 2:5).

THE WICKED USE, TO

Others. Psa. 5:9⁹For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. (Psalm 5:9). Psa. 12:2²They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. (Psalm 12:2).

Themselves. Psa. 36:2²For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. (Psalm 36:2).

HYPOCRITES USE, TO

God. Psa. 78:36³⁶Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. (Psalm 78:36).

Those in authority. Dan. 11:34³⁴Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. (Daniel 11:34).

False prophets and teachers use. Ezek. 12:24²⁴For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. (Ezekiel 12:24), with Rom. 16:18¹⁸For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. (Romans 16:18).

Wisdom, a preservative against. Prov. 4:5⁵Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. (Proverbs 4:5).

Worldly advantage obtained by.

Seldom gains respect. Prov. 28:23²³He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue. (Proverbs 28:23). Dan. 11:21, 22²¹And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. ²²And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. (Daniel 11:21‑22).

Avoid those given to. Prov. 20:19¹⁹He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. (Proverbs 20:19).

Danger of. Prov. 7:21-23²¹With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. ²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; ²³Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. (Proverbs 7:21‑23). Prov. 29:5⁵A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet. (Proverbs 29:5).

Punishment of. Job 17:5⁵He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. (Job 17:5). Psa. 12:3³The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: (Psalm 12:3).

Exemplified. Woman of Tekoah, 2 Sam. 14:17, 20¹⁷Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee. (2 Samuel 14:17)
²⁰To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. (2 Samuel 14:20). Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:2-6²And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. ³And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. ⁴Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! ⁵And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. ⁶And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. (2 Samuel 15:2‑6). False prophets,

1 Kin. 22:13. Darius's courtiers, Dan. 6:7⁷All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. (Daniel 6:7). Pharisees, &c. Matt. 12:14¹⁴Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. (Matthew 12:14). Tyrians, &c. Acts 12:22²²And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. (Acts 12:22).

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