Verse 22
For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.
Referenced Verses
- Job 17:5 : 5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
- Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- Prov 29:5 : 5 ¶ A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Gal 1:10 : 10 ¶ For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
- 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God [is] witness: