Flattery
FLATTERY
A servile and fawning behaviour, attended with servile compliances and obsequiousness, in order to gain a person’s favour.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Flattery
General references
Job 17:5; Job 32:21-22; Psa 5:8-9; Psa 12:2-3; Psa 36:2; Psa 49:13; Psa 49:18; Pro 6:24; Psa 78:36; Pro 5:3; Pro 7:5; Pro 7:21; Pro 14:20; Pro 19:4; Pro 19:6; Pro 20:19; Pro 22:16; Pro 24:24; Pro 25:26; Pro 26:28; Pro 27:21; Pro 28:23; Pro 29:5; Dan 11:21; Dan 11:34; Luk 6:26; Gal 1:10; 1Th 2:4-6; Jud 1:16
Instances of:
– By Jacob
Gen 33:10
– By Gideon
Jdg 8:1-3
– By Mephibosheth
2Sa 9:8
– By woman of Tekoah
2Sa 14:17-20
– By Absalom
2Sa 15:2-6
– By Israel and Judah
2Sa 19:41-43
– By Adonijah
1Ki 1:42
– By Ahab
1Ki 20:4
– By false prophets
1Ki 22:13
– By Darius’s courtiers
Dan 6:7
– By Herodians
Luk 20:21
– By Tyrians
Act 12:22
– Tertullus flatters Felix
Act 24:2-4
– Paul flatters Felix
Act 24:10
– By Agrippa
Act 26:2-3