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, & c. — Mt 12:14.

People of Tyre, & c. — Ac 12:22.