Flattery

I have had the, ummm, pleasure, of receiving flattery lately. I'm not talking compliments here. I know it's flattery because:

1) what is being said is not true
2) one flatterer only speaks to me when he wants something
3) they both want me to do something that I'm not inclined to continue

flatter
verb
lavish insincere praise and compliments upon (someone), especially to further one's own interests

Yeah. I'm not one for flattery. Compliments are fine, bu they must be true! 

Don't be a flatterer and know when someone is flattering you. Things will not work out. A friend will always tell you the truth, especially when it is hard to hear.


A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps. ~Proverbs 29:5

They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; ~Psalms 12:2-3

There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue. ~Psalms 5:9

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. ~Proverbs 27:6